3D Printing Blog

This week’s selection is “The Science of Supercars” by Martin Roach, Neil Waterman, John Morrison and David Coulthard.

I took a closer in-person look at Thought3D’s new Drywise filament drying solution.

I took a look at Open Additive’s new Panda 2.0 metal 3D printer.

Researchers at TU Chemnitz have developed a unique method to produce temperature resistant housings for electrical applications.

This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Wind Tunnel by Danny Goiri.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley look at how several major elevator providers use 3D printing technology.

QUALUP SAS introduced their new high temperature 3D printer, the Qu3-HT v2022.

VulcanForms announced a huge US$250M investment round, one of the largest seen in the industry.

6K Additive is yet another 3D print company that’s working diligently on attaining a sustainable state.

A new method of continuous 3D printing has been developed.

Recent controversies at popular 3D model repositories expose a fundamental problem with 3D content.

FabWeaver is looking to a summer shipment date for their new A530 3D printer.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at developments from Caterpillar.

Roboze has two new 3D printers in their catalog: the One PRO and Plus PRO.

Xact Metal is shifting their focus towards commercialization.

Xioneer announced the “Vortex EZ”, a powerful post processing device for advanced FFF 3D printing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the latest from Trimble, producers of SketchUp.

Autodesk announced a significant rise in the pricing of their key 3D CAD tool, Fusion 360.

I had a look at the latest from Tritone.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace look at the use of 3D pritning to produce contact lenses, including advanced experimental lenses for augmented reality applications.

This week’s selection is “Machine Shop Tools and Operations” by Rex Miller and Mark Richard Miller.

The AddiMap Project could revolutionize production metal 3D printing as we know it.

Do you know what is the real first stage of 3D printing?

Xometry announced several interesting new features at their recent summit event.

This week’s selection is the Better Pistachio Opener by Printables contributor Jared.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Warren Buzzell Jr. look at use of Stratasys equipment by racing teams.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

MakerBot announced a significant donation of 3D printing gear to a series of nonprofits.

Researchers have created an organic resin material capable of electrical conductivity that can be used with the multiphoton process.

Another 3D print company announces significant price increases, perhaps with a secret agenda.

A new partnership demonstrates the way forward for 3D printing technology.

Evidently BCN3D has struck gold with their new VLM 3D printing process.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace look at the how 3D bioprinting may open new possibilities for women's health.

Prusa Research announced a comprehensive program of sustainability for the company.

We recently had a chance to talk with Massivit directly.

A surprising thing is happening on Kickstarter: tons of money for 3D printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing technology may affect the future of a large European company.

The Hangprinter project seems to have been ripped off by a U.S. government contractor.

SHINING 3D has developed a very unusual 3D scanner.

The folks at Proper Printing YouTube channel decided to combine FFF and SLA 3D printing processes, with interesting results.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing in Model Aircraft Construction” by Thomas Fischer.

A French startup has developed an unusual food 3D printer, the Patiss3.

I was curious about the quantity of patents held by several 3D print companies, and decided to investigate.

An intriguing post online suggests the development of an end-to-end post processing resin 3D printing device is underway.

This week’s selection is the text embosser by Reddit contributor snitem.

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

 Charles Goulding and Warren Buzzell Jr. look at research and commercial efforts to combat brain injuries by using 3D printing appraoches.

Things aren’t looking good for Makergear, one of the original desktop 3D printer companies.