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3D Printing Concrete

3D Printing Concrete

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at concrete 3D printing for various uses.

Design of the Week: 3D Printed Diorama

Design of the Week: 3D Printed Diorama

This week’s selection is the detailed 3D printed “A Mother’s Joy” diorama by Michael Mandau.

Major Development: Researchers Find Method To Predict Resin Performance

Major Development: Researchers Find Method To Predict Resin Performance

In an incredible experiment, researchers were able to simulate the molecular behavior of 3D printing resins.

The Mysterious Seurat Metal 3D Printer

The Mysterious Seurat Metal 3D Printer

I’ve been investigating the rather quiet company Seurat Technologies, which is developing a new metal 3D printing process.

Geothermal To 3D Printing: You’re Grounded

Geothermal To 3D Printing: You’re Grounded

Charles Goulding Jr considers how geothermal energy might come together with growth in 3D printing.

Xact Metal Makes Copper 3D Printing Inexpensive

Xact Metal Makes Copper 3D Printing Inexpensive

Xact Metal has adapted their inexpensive metal 3D printer technology to enable the use of copper material.

COBOD 3D Printer Building Three-Floor Apartment

COBOD 3D Printer Building Three-Floor Apartment

COBOD announced their partner is using the BOD2 construction 3D printer to build a three-story apartment building in Germany.

German RepRap’s Silicone Journey

German RepRap’s Silicone Journey

I spoke with German RepRap’s Andrea Berneker to learn how they have been deploying their silicone LAM process.

Bullish on the CAE Market: Tech Soft 3D Acquires Visual Kinematics

Bullish on the CAE Market: Tech Soft 3D Acquires Visual Kinematics

Engineering software toolkit provider Tech Soft 3D has acquired California-based Visual Kinematics (VKI). VKI develops a suite of software development kits (SDKs) called DevTools for computer aided engineering (CAE) applications.

Mosaic Manufacturing Sells Materials?

Mosaic Manufacturing Sells Materials?

I just read a press release from Mosaic Manufacturing announcing a new product: filaments!

Relativity Space Raises A Half Billion!

Relativity Space Raises A Half Billion!

Rocket-maker Relativity Space is about to collect a whopping US$500M in a Series D raise.

U.S. Supply Chain Bottlenecks And 3D Printing

U.S. Supply Chain Bottlenecks And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider further solutions 3D printing can offer to major supply chains in the face of ongoing disruption.

Desktop Metal’s Shop System Is Out In The World

Desktop Metal’s Shop System Is Out In The World

Desktop Metal’s mid-volume metal 3D printing offering, the Shop System, is now shipping globally.

BeYou Chair Lets You Sit Anyway Way You Like

BeYou Chair Lets You Sit Anyway Way You Like

Have you ever sat on a chair and thought, “Man, I wish there was a more comfortable place to sit”?

Titan Robotics Partners With Jabil For Advanced Materials

Titan Robotics Partners With Jabil For Advanced Materials

Titan Robotics beefed up their production 3D printing offerings with a new partnership with Jabil.

3D Printing With 100% Recycled Powder

3D Printing With 100% Recycled Powder

Materialise has introduced Bluesint PA12, enabling 3D printing with 100% recycled powder.

Creality Launches Second Kickstarter Campaign With Revolutionary 3D Printer

Creality Launches Second Kickstarter Campaign With Revolutionary 3D Printer

Creality launched what could be their largest crowdfunded product ever, the 3DPrintMill.

The $9.5 Billion Columbia Submarine Contract And 3D Printing

The $9.5 Billion Columbia Submarine Contract And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the increasing role of additive manufacturing in Navy submarines.

Julia Baldyga: “A Race Car Cannot Afford To Carry More Weight Than Is Absolutely Necessary”

Smart International Shifting Gears

Smart International Shifting Gears

Smart International is now a long way from the days of their KODAK Portrait system.

The Origin And Current State Of Slice Engineering

The Origin And Current State Of Slice Engineering

I had a chat with Slice Engineering’s Daniel Barousse.

Cobra Golf Tees Up With Metal Jet 3D Printing

Cobra Golf Tees Up With Metal Jet 3D Printing

HP’s Metal Jet 3D printing is taking a swing on the greens via Cobra Golf’s fancy new putter.

3D Printing Impact Of Xbox Series X And PlayStation 5

3D Printing Impact Of Xbox Series X And PlayStation 5

Charles Goulding and Adam Friedman consider how 3D printing might impact updates to the latest gaming consoles.

Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers

Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers

This week’s selection is “Designing 3D Printers” by Neil Rosenberg.

iFactory3D Launches Low-Cost Belt 3D Printer

iFactory3D Launches Low-Cost Belt 3D Printer

German startup iFactory has now launched their inexpensive belt 3D printer on Kickstarter.

MiniFactory’s Additive Customer Journey

MiniFactory’s Additive Customer Journey

I spoke with Olli Pihlajamäki of miniFactory to find out how they work with additive manufacturing clients.

The Recipe For More Realistic 3D Printed Prototypes

The Recipe For More Realistic 3D Printed Prototypes

Stratasys, KeyShot, and the 3MF file format come together for a stunningly realistic prototyping capability right off the 3D printer.

Parker Hannifin And 3D Printing

Parker Hannifin And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at Parker Hannifin's adoption of additive manufacturing.

Design of the Week: War Rig Truck

Design of the Week: War Rig Truck

This week’s selection is the War Rig Truck by the folks from Honeybadger 3D print and paint.

Which 3D Printer? Resin Or Filament?

Which 3D Printer? Resin Or Filament?

These days there are dozens of good choices for desktop 3D printers, but there’s one huge question to be asked first: do you want a resin or a filament 3D printer?

Tongue Tied Pharma: Oral Thin Films And 3D Printing

Tongue Tied Pharma: Oral Thin Films And 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. considers the use of 3D printing in a different sort of pharmaceutical development.

ParallelQSlim: Simplifying Complex 3D Scanned Meshes

ParallelQSlim: Simplifying Complex 3D Scanned Meshes

A new open source tool could greatly aid the simplification of basic 3D scans.

How Did 3D Printing’s Largest Event Translate To The Digital?

How Did 3D Printing’s Largest Event Translate To The Digital?

Now that Formnext 2020 is a wrap, in the digital form of Formnext Connect, we can take a step back and gauge the value of a massive virtual event.

Who Is AM Ventures, And What Do They Do?

Who Is AM Ventures, And What Do They Do?

I had a chat with Adrian Maier-Ring, Investment Manager at AM Ventures, to find out more about his company.

Ice Cold: A New Day For Thermal Desalination And 3D Printing

Ice Cold: A New Day For Thermal Desalination And 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. dives into 3D printing used for thermal desalination applications.

Autodesk Adds Powerhouse Manufacturing Tools to Fusion 360

Autodesk Adds Powerhouse Manufacturing Tools to Fusion 360

Autodesk announced during its recent Advanced Manufacturing Summit that some of its powerhouse manufacturing tools would be added to Fusion 360, including PowerMill, PowerShape and PowerInspect.

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.

The Jig Is Up: 3D Printing Fixtures Is About To Be Much More Efficient

The Jig Is Up: 3D Printing Fixtures Is About To Be Much More Efficient

Stratasys and nTopology execs share a look at their new collaboration, starting with an impressive FDM Assembly Fixture Generator.

Additive Assurance’s Revolutionary Quality Control System, AMiRIS

Additive Assurance’s Revolutionary Quality Control System, AMiRIS

A startup company has developed a unique method of certifying the quality of 3D printed metal parts.

Back To The Garage For 3D Printing Innovation

Back To The Garage For 3D Printing Innovation

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider innovation in 2020, when many are returning to their own garage setups.

CAD Exchanger Adds CATIA, DWG, U3D, FBX Support

CAD Exchanger Adds CATIA, DWG, U3D, FBX Support

If you’re a user of multiple CAD platforms and 3D creation apps…

Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future

Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future

Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.

Prusa Research’s Amazing New Materials Table

Prusa Research’s Amazing New Materials Table

Prusa Research has released an extremely interesting and highly useful materials table.

Connecting At Formnext Connect

Connecting At Formnext Connect

The biggest event in additive manufacturing looks a bit different this year, as Formnext Connect connects us virtually.

Mimaki Introduces “Accessible” Full Color 3D Printer

Mimaki Introduces “Accessible” Full Color 3D Printer

Continuing on its mission to bring 10 million colors to 3D printing, Mimaki has just announced a new “baby” in its family: the 3DUJ-2207 UV-LED 3D printer.

Conversational Commerce Versus Traditional Customer Sales Processes

Conversational Commerce Versus Traditional Customer Sales Processes

Adam Friedman and Ryan Donley examine AI-driven conversational commerce, which was growing technology in 2018 and 2019 and is experiencing rapid growth in 2020 due to the pandemic.

INTAMSYS Has Big Plans For 2021

INTAMSYS Has Big Plans For 2021

In a briefing earlier today I learned about INTAMSYS’ plans for 2021, and they are quite ambitious.

SLM Solution’s “Miracle Machine”: The NXG XII 600

SLM Solution’s “Miracle Machine”: The NXG XII 600

SLM Solutions has released a breakthrough metal 3D printer, the massive NXG XII 600.

Desktop Metal Continues AM Software Focus With Live Sinter

Desktop Metal Continues AM Software Focus With Live Sinter

Sintering is a necessary step in metal 3D printing, and a new software application targets accurate compensation for distortions.

Two Manufacturing Processes That Excel In The Art Of Jewellery Making

Two Manufacturing Processes That Excel In The Art Of Jewellery Making

It is quite challenging trying to fathom how two industrial techniques are used to create delicate jewelry. 3D printing is an additive process and CNC machining uses a subtractive technique, but…