3D Printing Blog

An incredibly interesting full-colour 3D printer suddenly appeared on Kickstarter.

Creality snuck out a new desktop 3D printer: the Ender-3 V4 Combo.

Anyone selecting a filament product from Polymaker can now use an incredibly powerful assistant.

This week’s selection is the Lego Landmine by YouTuber Luke Creatives.

Researchers detailed a roadmap for a greener additive manufacturing of medical devices and explain how circularity could change from merely an idea to a regular practice.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Velo3D’s website has been hacked.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine Hanger’s 2025 acquisition of Point Designs, tracing its University of Colorado origins, its advanced 3D printed prosthetic finger portfolio, and how improving federal reimbursement…

There’s a feature I want in every FFF 3D print slicing tool, and so should you.

Researchers have found an unusual 3D printable material that generates electricity in flowing water.

A new dual laser Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) concept proposes printing overhangs with micro spot precision while the bulk runs faster with a higher power beam.

A newly published patent from Flashforge describes a filament cutting mechanism that stays out of the build area until the instant it is needed.

A new paper in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics describes a bioinspired, additive approach for robotic limbs that increases structural stiffness while improving built-in strain sensing, hinting at lighter, smarter actuators and manipulators…

My review of the Kobra X desktop 3D printer from Anycubic concludes with a look at software, print results and final thoughts. This is part three of a three-part series; please…

My look at the Kobra X desktop 3D printer from Anycubic continues with setup, calibration and operations. This is part two of a three-part series; please read parts one and three.…

I was able to try out the brand new Kobra X desktop 3D printer from Anycubic. This is part one of a three-part series; please read parts two and three. Anycubic…

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi unpack how AI-driven design and additive manufacturing are changing how surgeons think about fit, fusion, and recovery.

Researchers unveiled SOLen, a 3D printed soft optical sensor that guides light with an internal lens for mechanosensing.

It’s official: Creality has released their filament recycling system, the Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1.

A surprising new patent proposes an end to end “field factory” that can turn regolith, sand, and scrap into parts using spectroscopy plus automation.

We’ve been hearing about legislation in various regions that could disrupt 3D printing, but where are these bills now? We took a look.

Charles R. Goulding and Leah Nabangi reveal how 3D printing is helping Nigeria’s oil and gas sector cut downtime, localize spare parts, and unlock the full value of historic investments in…

A new study tests a laser powder bed fused milling cutter with conformal cooling, a design aimed at cooler, longer running cuts for demanding materials.

A research team proposes using detoxified asbestos cement as a depolymerization regulating filler in PLA composites for 3D printing.

3DCP technology continues to improve, and it’s not only on the hardware side.

Tikkun Olam Makers opened a new innovation hub in New York City.

Charles R. Goulding shares firsthand insights from a snow-disrupted yet high-energy gathering where additive manufacturing leaders tackled geopolitics, cybersecurity, capital markets, and industry consolidation head-on.

New research describes multimodal sensor fusion for AI-based fault detection in 3D printing.

Bambu Lab opened a physical retail store in China, and now we can see what’s in it.

3DQue now has a new option for growing 3D print farms.

Mass media has now noticed the biggest problem in the additive manufacturing space: hype. A detailed report in the New York Times describes the unfortunate saga of Desktop Metal that unfolded…

This week’s selection is the Styxosaurus project by the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre.

A Drexel-led team showed that porous PAEK knee revision topologies can be 3D printed using the FFF process strong enough for demanding loads.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explain how manufacturing fundamentals, AI-driven design, and a renewed focus on reliability and workflow integration are defining the industry’s next phase.

Stratasys has filed a patent that targets a surprising bottleneck in PolyJet 3D printing: the need to run hot just to keep materials jettable.

Fugo Precision 3D offers the most unusual resin 3D printing process: it’s centrifugal.

The number of 3DCP projects worldwide is expanding quickly.

Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a unique multiplexing extrusion system.

A research team unveiled MICRO, a one step multimaterial 3D printed electrochemical device designed for on site analysis and drug screening.

A hint of what’s to come was shown in a Chinese news piece about a rather large 3D print farm.

Remember 3D Hubs? It’s gone, but now that functionality returns with 3dfabs.

A new patent filing describes an AI driven 3D printer that could automate patient specific implant production with minimal human touch time.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi report on how Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is pushing additive manufacturing from the lab to the flight line with real, deployable 3D printed parts.

A new research paper proposes geometry adaptive reinforcement learning to reduce peel forces in Digital Light Processing (DLP) resin printing to save fragile features and increase lift success for resin workflows.

Prusa has introduced Prusament PETG Ultraglow Green, a glow filament it claims is the brightest on the market — with a major concern for wear on hardware.

Snapmaker has filed a patent that tries to make multicolor FFF printing less wasteful without slowing the job to a crawl.

Freeform has obtained a massive investment boost, and the backers include NVIDIA.

Charles R. Goulding and Nimra Shakoor explain how L3Harris’ decades-long commitment to 3D printing helped position it at the center of a new government-backed model for defense readiness.

Researchers have proposed a multimodal sensor fusion approach to AI-based fault detection in 3D printing, aiming to push AM monitoring closer to reliable, Industry 4.0 operation.