3D Printing Blog

Charles R. Goulding and Christopher Lee look at how one company thrives on the electrification shift through 3D printing.

I’ve been wondering why PLA is still the most popular 3D printing material, and have some thoughts.

London-based Ai Build has received a significant investment to boost their manufacturing platform.

Photocentric has teamed up with CoreTechnologie to supercharge creation of 3D models for their printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Valentina Alzate look at several companies using 3D printing to help solve the growing water crisis.

Velo3D announced a new 3D printer, their largest: the Sapphire XC 1MZ.

Desktop Metal’s technology innovations continue with the introduction of a very unusual 3D print material: FreeFoam.

Artec 3D released the latest version of their scanning software, Artec Studio 17.

Charles R. Goulding and Matt Selman examine how a recent increase in robotic system sales might affect 3D printing activity.

I had a chat with Luke Taylor of Polymaker about the latest developments from the company.

I had a chat with Materialise about their new CO-AM software platform.

Wikifactory announced a new collaborative manufacturing marketplace to complement their existing services.

This week’s selection is “Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor” by Michelle Segrest.

A research team from UCLA has been able to 3D print a small robot in (almost) a single print job.

Mimaki has improved their clear 3D print material.

Desktop Metal is now leveraging all those corporate acquisitions they’ve made over the past couple of years.

This week’s selection is the TG89 Cube by Bart Smits.

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 look at the use of 3D printing by two large Korean companies, Doosan and Samsung.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

AON3D has done something no 3D printer has done before: print solid Kapton parts.

A new nozzle for FFF 3D printers has been announced by fibtip, and it seems to have all the right characteristics.

Ultimaker announced the “Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit”, which enables metal 3D printing on their S5 model.

Aniwaa formally announced a pivot into a B2B 3D printing marketplace.

Formlabs announced a new service that could dramatically expand their dental business.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace look at the use of 3D printing technology in the optical industry.

Our review of the Anycubic Kobra Plus concludes with a look at software, print quality and final thoughts.

Our look at the Anycubic Kobra Plus 3D printer continues with setup, calibration and operation.

Anycubic’s Kobra line has a new member, the Kobra Plus.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at Toshiba's reinvention and its new makerspace initiative.

Nexa3D has more 3D printing solutions than you might think.

I saw the biggest removable print plate ever.

Autodesk released a new version of Fusion 360, and there are quite a few new useful features.

This week’s selection is “Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design” by Shaun Foster and David Halbstein.

After an announcement last week, Prusa Research has indeed raised prices on their most popular 3D printers.

I’ve been playing with the power recovery feature on some desktop 3D printers, and realized how complex this feature can be.

Digital Metal launched a new metal 3D printer, and there’s some interesting implications.

This week’s selection is the Voxel Chair V1.0 by Nagami Design.

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 look at how 3D printing can assist in growing desalinization deployments.

Creality has extended their HALOT line of resin 3D printers with the new HALOT-ONE PLUS 3D printer.

Juggerbot 3D is a lot bigger than I had realized, or at least their products certainly are.

Stratasys announced a new “loyalty and discount” program for their service bureau clients.

The International Manufacturing Technology Show, IMTS, has become a primary AM destination.

AMT is secretly working on metal post processing equipment.

A new foundation has been established for engineers that needs your help.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace examine the ramifications of the recent announcement of a successful 3D printed ear implant.

Anycubic announced a new entry into their Kobra desktop 3D printer series, the Kobra Plus.

I caught a glimpse of a potential future for 3D modeling tools, and it’s breathtaking.

We were able to take a closer look at Inkbit’s new 3D print production system.