Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman pump up the use of 3D printing to take a look at gym equipment.
I had a thought about why there are a number of new entrants to the AM metal powder market.
Additive manufacturing company Optomec was awarded a $1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to repair engine turbine parts.
There is news about what appears to be a new player in the metal 3D printing powder market: ALTANA.
Additive Industries announced a partnership with Sigma Labs to allow use of PrintRite3D on their equipment.
A test device made by the Oak Ridge National Lab has developed a prototype device that can more efficiently capture CO2.
On-demand manufacturing platform Xometry is expanding its 3D printing offerings, bringing on ExOne metal binder jetting capabilities.
Wayland Additive is set to release their NeuBeam metal 3D printer this coming January.
SLM Solutions announced their revenue grew an astonishing 90% in the first half of the year. How did they accomplish this during a pandemic?
When I saw 3DSLA.RU’s unusual microwave-based 3D printer last November at Formnext, I thought it was the only one. I was wrong.
3D printing is well known for creating complex designs with intricate internal structures; sometimes those structures serve as tubes for crickets.
Along with loss and grief, the pandemic has caused a great deal of change. One of those changes has been in 3D printing.
An interesting experiment in metal 3D printing has resulted in some rather efficient pistons for Porsche sports cars.
When we last saw MX3D at Formnext 2019, they were showing off a 3D printed robot arm. Now, they’ve tested it in a working robotic system.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method of using holography in 3D printing.
The world of 3D printer recoaters is even more complex after learning more about Open Additive’s approach.
I’m reading a fascinating piece by Additive Manufacturing Consultant Michael Wohlfart discussing the different types of recoaters one might use.
6K Additive has commissioned their first units and at the same time has landed a sustainable client.
Today I’m looking at a 3D printer I had not seen before, the Incus Hammer Lab35.
Big news: rocket startup Relativity Space has signed a deal with their fifth launch client, Iridium.
A question being asked is whether a plastic 3D printed part could replace a metal part, and the answer is increasingly, “Yes!”
Researchers have demonstrated an approach for creating 3D printed magnetic structures with high resolution.
Could aftermarket parts be a niche application for 3D printing? I think it has huge potential.
We caught up recently with Open Additive for a look into how they plan to open up metal additive manufacturing with an affordable, open platform.
Sigma Labs has been hard at work with its quality control solutions for metal 3D printing: the company’s CEO fills us in on major advances.
VELO3D has unexpectedly received an investment of US$12M.
Why is composite 3D printing so important, and what role does Carbon Fiber play?
Metal manufacturing service 3DEO announced they’ve produced 150,000 metal parts using their unique process.
ExOne launched a new social media campaign a few weeks ago focusing on the green aspects of 3D printing, but why do they need to do that at all?
Researchers in the US military have developed a set of tests to determine the strength of 3D printed parts that could aid in future metal 3D printing quality control.
The great promise of 3D printing combined with innovative 3D design (such as generative design) is to reduce parts and material waste while creating geometry that surpasses the capability of traditional subtractive machining.
There’s a key barrier that’s holding back 3D printing from much more radical use, but it may be about to break down.
Farsoon announced a monstrously huge deal with Falcontech to provide the AM service with no fewer than 50 advanced metal 3D printers.
A technical notice recently issued by EOS to their clients regarding 3D print metal condensate safety.
This week’s selection is the ‘Tater Hammer by designer Eric Au of Metro’s Q-Branch.
Researchers have developed an unusual metal 3D printing process that requires no post processing, electrostatic hydrodynamic redox.
I spoke with VELO3D’s Zach Murphree to find out more details on the company’s recent announcement of a tall version of their popular metal 3D printer.
Rocket Crafters has concluded testing of their revolutionary 3D printed hybrid rocket engine.
This week’s selection is “Additive Manufacturing for the Aerospace Industry” by Francis H. Froes and Rodney Boyer.
Charles R. Goulding examines metal 3D printing applications outside of automotive and aerospace.
Wayland Additive has introduced a new form of metal 3D printing they call “NeuBeam” that should be superior to laser or electron beam processes.
A manufacturing equipment provider has developed their own metal 3D printer.
Researchers have developed an unusual metal 3D printing process called SLEDM, which uses LEDs instead of lasers. But could it actually work as defined?
Minnesota-based Protolabs plans on firing up a GE Additive Concept Laser X Line 2000R metal 3D printer late this year, and there’s a good reason why they’re doing so.
A validated COVID-19 utility solution announced by SPEE3D has now been adopted by a government agency.
VELO3D announced the availability of a new alloy of aluminum for use in their Sapphire series of metal 3D printers, and it has some very unique properties.
Relativity Space is currently working on its first rocket, the Terran 1, 3D printed with its own robotic printer, the Stargate.
GE announced it is cutting loose another 13,000 jobs, and this may have big implications for the 3D printing industry.
In the last few months, Desktop Metal has introduced its Shop System and Fiber setup; we caught up to discuss progress and updates.
SLM Solutions is only looking ahead with internal restructuring and an upcoming metal 3D printing machine release.
Researchers have found a way to predict the effectiveness of 3D printing martensitic steel.
ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.
A company offers a wide variety of sinterable metal 3D printer filaments, far more than I had imagined.
VELO3D announced a new, much taller Sapphire metal 3D printer that enables 3D printing metal parts for automotive, aerospace and oil & gas.
Hyperganic 3D printed a rocket engine prototype that was designed using an Excel spreadsheet and a novel algorithm.
A company has the capability to produce high-resolution medical components in metal, but it seems no one is asking them to help.
Digital Metal has tripled the speed of their metal 3D printer, the DM P2500, and we speculate on how they accomplished it.
Additive World announced the winners of their Design Challenge 2020, and the designs are inspiring.
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers examine steel mini mills and more economical metal 3D printing.
Aurora Labs made some big changes at the top, and I think they are just what the company needs at this point.
ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.
Aerosint and Aconity have proven out their work in multi-metal powder deposition 3D printing.
SPEE3D is placing their supersonic 3D printer in the Australian military to test its ability to 3D print metal parts in remote locations.
Tritone has been quietly building their MoldJet technology and is nearing a release of their beta 3D printing equipment.
A Scottish aerospace startup shows how to leverage metal 3D printing to enable development of an unprecedented rocket engine.
Aurora Labs announced an important milestone in the development of their rapid metal 3D printing process.
An Austrian company has developed an incredibly sophisticated end-to-end automation system for metal 3D print post processing.
A cross-Atlantic partnership has resulted in a new metal 3D printer with the ability to perform two different types of metal 3D printing in the same frame.
Every year Additive Industries sponsors an industrial 3D printing event, Additive World.
Markforged announced the availability of a new metal for their Metal X system: copper. We have the reasons why this is so important.
This week’s selection is the We Love Our Customers Heart by Additive Industries.
The cold-spray technique for 3D printing metal parts seems to be increasing in popularity. What are its advantages?
A reader inquires about the best method for 3D printing an artistic work in metal. We explore several options, some of which are quite expensive.
We took a closer look at the huge large-format metal 3D printer from ADIRA, the AddCreator.
EV maker Archimoto leveraged ParaMatters’ CogniCAD generative CAD tool to optimize the weight of several key metal components.
XJET has found their way into a very interesting and profitable application niche for their powerful ceramic 3D printing technology.
Sharebot has taken a big step into the world of metal 3D printing with the introduction of their new MetalONE metal 3D printer, which is designed for R&D use.
Researchers have found a way to significantly increase the strength and isotropy of 3D printed metal parts by using ultrasound.
Last year Volkswagen selected HP Metal Jet for the high volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts, as the foundation for its strategy to industrialize additive manufacturing with a multi-year design and production roadmap.
Technica has invented a very interesting new concept for SLS 3D printing light engines that could dramatically lower the price of equipment.
ADDere’s new Kuka-robot based metal 3D printing system is able to produce extraordinarily large metal objects and rapid speed.
The difficulty in 3D printing a particular type of industrial part suggests an idea for a type of benchmark object for metal 3D printing.
What is the best way to set up additive manufacturing jobs to ensure production finishing can take place?
General predictions of the future are easy, mere extensions of existing trends. Here we provide some very specific — and unlikely — predictions for 2020.
Did you ever want to try 3D printing in metal but did not have a million dollar budget to do so? If so, this book explains step-by-step how to build an inexpensive 3D printer that can actually 3D print metal objects.
Austria’s SBI International is marketing a new metal 3D printer, the M3D-P, which uses the WAM 3D printing process to produce large metal parts.
New research seems to have developed an incredibly effective method of 3D printing speciality filters to extract specific metals from waste material.
Exaddon has developed a unique metal 3D printer that is capable of 3D printing microscopic metal objects in metals like gold, silver and platinum. We found out some details of how it works.
We had a chat with Amsterdam-based MX3D, who provide metal 3D printing services for large-scale projects, including bicycles and bridges.
HP’s metal 3D printing work with Volkswagen portends a 3D printed future for automakers seeking to catch up in the race to produce electric vehicles.
Admatec announced a new and much larger metal and ceramic 3D printer; we had a close look at it.
What happens when 3D prints change from being prototyping devices to production machines? A lot more quality control, that’s for sure.
It’s not well-known, but there are often quality problems when 3D printing metal parts caused by oxygen contamination. We describe two approaches for resolving the problem.
Xact Metal has incorporated several new features into their line of metal 3D printers that should speed up the system significantly, yet keep the price quite low.
Aurora Labs has been experimenting with using VR for working with their metal 3D printer. We speculate on how this could work.
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Welcome to Fabbaloo, one of the world’s oldest online news sources for 3D printing news. We’ve been in operation since 2007, where we first started examining the state of 3D printers. These devices are now relatively common among some circles in today’s world, but years ago it was extremely rare to see a 3D printer or even a 3D printed object.
At that time it was challenging to find any 3D printing news, so we decided to make our own site that covered 3D printer news, and even associated technologies like 3D scanning and 3D modeling. Today it is common to find 3D printers in schools, workshops and makerspaces, and you probably have been using 3D printed objects without even knowing they were 3D printed.
Today’s industry has finally taken up the challenge by installing thousands of industrial 3D printers, each producing previously impossible 3D printed parts that make today’s society far more efficient. The aerospace industry in particular has been producing many 3D printed parts, some even for flight critical purposes.
If you want to learn about 3D printers, then there’s no better place than Fabbaloo’s 3D printer news to see the latest happenings.
