Brooklyn-based 3D printer startup Arfona has come up with a unique solution for dental applications: the r.Pod, and it could signal bad news for many dental 3D printer companies.
After several successful years, startup Robo3D has significantly updated their product line with a couple of sophisticated low-cost desktop 3D printers.
Avante Technology has been experimenting with producing effective 3D printed injection molds and apparently has achieved some success.
We spoke with a regional 3D printer filament provider to find out the latest.
We spoke with Tiertime’s Jason Wu, product manager of the new Cetus desktop 3D printer to find out more about this inexpensive device.
Proto-Pasta has introduced a curious new line of PLA-based 3D printer filament: Matte Fiber HTPLA.
3D Platform has long been known as a producer of “huge” 3D printers, but the word “huge” will have to be replaced after this announcement.
You have a desktop 3D printer capable of 3D printing many different materials. What should your filament supply look like?
Germany-based Indmatec is developing a powerful new high-temperature desktop 3D printer for advanced prototyping.
Nexeo Solutions has begun marketing a line of 3D printer filament, marking the first venture into 3D printing by the global chemical distributor.
CNC maker Thermwood announced a very unusual device: the LSAM, which combines CNC and 3D printing technologies.
Recently we examined machines from Deltatower, a Swiss-based manufacturer of large-sized delta 3D printers.
Canada-based DisTech Automation announced the impending arrival of their new Prometheus dual-extrusion solution.
Kloner3D is a Florence, Italy-based 3D printer manufacturer producing now eight machines, including the amazing 240Twin machine.
Among the small explosion of new 3D print materials is a substance you may not have considered: ASA.
We described ORD’s innovative RoVa3D multicolor desktop 3D printer some weeks ago, as launched with a fundraising campaign. How did they do?
Since I’ve been writing about large-format 3D printers lately, today we are revisiting 3D Monstr’s line of 3D printers.
I met with representatives of Filamentive to find out more about their interesting series of sustainable 3D printer filaments.
MAKEiT is a small company producing a powerful desktop 3D printer that’s quite suitable for low volume production use. Now they’re released a newly improved version, the Pro-L.
e mother of invention with a new open source 3D printer project, the Go-Make Junior.
Monoprice has been selling inexpensive 3D printers for a while, but recently they took a step into a more powerful machine.
Remember the M3D Micro 3D printer from years ago? This machine has now grown into the new M3D Pro model that just happens to be launched today.
Now on Kickstarter, the Metal Delta 3D printer from Blue Eagle Labs offers some very interesting features at a very low price.
Leapfrog’s Xcel 3D printer is far taller than you could imagine.
There is always a discussion taking place: Which is the best 3D print filament material to use? I think this question is distracting from the real question.
There are some very interesting delta-style 3D printers, and one of them is from Tripodmaker.
IonCore has launched a new professional desktop 3D printer, the Zinter Pro II.
If you’ve never seen a MassPortal 3D printer, you should.
Canada-based ORD has been developing plastic mixing technology for some time now and the result is the very unusual RoVa4D Full Color Blender.
Sweden-based BLB Industries has produced a massive 3D printer to join the growing ranks of meter-sized devices on the market.
A few 3D printer manufacturers have integrated different making tools into their devices, but the new Versa3D from CreateAll seems to go a lot farther.
Our team got a chance to take a close look at the ZMorph Multitool 3D printer.
Stealth 3D printer startup Rize3D today released details on their new device, the Rize One, which has a unique approach to handling support structures.
We took a look at 3D printers from Russia recently, but the interesting part of the story isn’t the hardware.
I’ve always been suspicious of low-cost 3D printer filament, as it can often be of questionable quality. However, MALPRO may have broken that barrier.
Days ago I wrote about the massive WASP 3 MT massive multi-tool making machine. Now I’ve seen this item in person and it is totally amazing.
The excitement that used to come with each new “revolutionary” desktop 3D printer a few years ago has since quieted down in a major way.
For years now the industry has looked to colorFabb for quality 3D printer filaments and innovative plastic formulations. Now they’re selling a 3D printer, too.
XYZPrinting just announced a new desktop 3D printer specifically designed for younger schoolchildren, and this could rattle the business models of many other manufacturers.
While wandering about the AMShow Europe last week our team almost missed the gigantic 3DP1204 from Netherlands-based SDD (“Smart Dedicated Design”), also known as the “Gettoblaster”.
Netherlands-based Innofil3D has released a video showing their new “Pro1” 3D printer filament that has some very strong characteristics.
WASP is set to display what might be the largest multi-function 3D printer in the world: the DeltaWASP 3MT.
Maker’s Tool Works announced the release of the MTW Create 3D printer kit.
I’m looking at a plastic I haven’t seen before for 3D printing: PCL.
Taiwan-based BotFeeder has launched a new “reflective” 3D printer filament on Indiegogo.
One of the most popular desktop 3D printers just got a lot better.
About a year ago, I saw an incredibly large, incredibly fast and quite stylish desktop 3D printer, the Hotrod Henry Supercharged.
RepRapAlgarve has released a design and kit for a powerful multicolor 3D printer, the RGB STEEL.
One of Leapfrog’s new products seems to hit a milestone by offering what might be the tallest build volume yet seen in 3D printers.
There’s an interesting option available for those requiring a large-format desktop 3D printer: the T-Rex from FORMBOT.
One of the most popular desktop 3D printers is the Prusa i3, but now it may become even more popular with its latest iteration.
Yes, there are far more 3D printer brands and models than you can possible keep track of, but I thought I’d bring this one to your attention: the BIBO2.
BCN3D may have just set the standard for open source 3D printer companies with their latest release.
Why does this keep happening? A ridiculously low-cost 3D printer with a low probability of succeeding continues to attract buyers on Kickstarter.
There are four different models of the CreateBot 3D printer, one of which could likely meet your requirements.
Another giant-sized 3D printer has appeared, this time from Print-Rite, the CoLiDo Mega. And mega it is.
Netherlands-based Leapfrog 3D Printers is developing a new more capable 3D printer called the “Bolt” and they’re beginning to leak some information about it.
An extremely low-cost desktop 3D printer is available for pre-order: The Anvil.
Consumer 3D print service Shapeways has always been introducing new materials, but this one is very curious: PLA.
Our team first saw the MiniToy at CES in January, and it looked pretty good for a children’s 3D printer. Now the launch is imminent.
Today I’m looking at a 3D printer designed and built in India, the FabX 3, which offers a good mix of features at a very reasonable price.
Stratasys invented fused deposition modeling (FDM) in 1989, establishing itself as a leader in the field with its brand of plastic extrusion.
It was just the other week when I described how to watch the TAZ 6 “grow up”, and now it’s been launched
Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies operating across the 3D printing industry, all motivated by the potential of additive technologies and/or the commercial opportunities that they offer.
The market is getting very crowded for 3D print filament marketers and one way to get noticed is to specialize.
A new filament from Avante demonstrates how much more advances in 3D printing filament chemistry can achieve.
For quite some time, the only manufacturer of industrial thermoplastic extrusion, or fused deposition modeling (FDM), 3D printers was Stratasys, a leader in the 3D printing space that only became more powerful after merging with Israel’s Objet in 2012.
ZMorph has been producing a machine with multiple methods of fabrication, but now they’ve stepped it up a level with their ZMorph 2 SX machine.
A small company in North Carolina has made big improvements on their 3D printer design.
Korea-based HyVISION has launched two new 3D printers, including a resin-DLP unit that’s very different from their history.
Germany-based Kühling&Kühling’s new HT500 3D printer is not only reliable, but also offers one of the highest print temperatures I’ve seen.
Italy-based Sharebot has announced a rather large professional 3D printer, the “Sharebot Q”.
Hackaday’s recent story about PLA biodegradability got me thinking more about PLA’s characteristics.
A very interesting delta 3D printer has been launched on Kickstarter, the Trium 3D printer.
I ran across an unusual material called Peasl. Could it be used for – or with – 3D printing?
AVOC 3D is working on an incredibly cheap 3D printer that might fit into many budgets.
Most 3D printers have but a single nozzle, or perhaps two. But the RoVa3D has up to FIVE nozzles.
Mattel (and Autodesk) announced the “Thingmaker”, a 3D printer for kids. But will it succeed? We’re not so sure.
Just as there are many desktop 3D printers, there are as many different kinds of filament for them. But what might an ideal filament be?
Recently we managed to get a close look at 3D printers made by CoLiDo; they seem to cover all the bases.
We could soon see the arrival of a potentially powerful desktop 3D printer that doesn’t cost a lot, if CARP 3D is able to their new machine.
A new crowdfunding campaign has launched another small-sized 3D printer for you to consider.
Readers of this blog are by definition interested in 3D printing, but there are other ways to manufacture objects. One of them worth considering is injection molding.
There are very few ultra-large scale 3D printer for sale today, but one option comes from a small company in Colorado: Titan Robotics.
We’re testing several new filaments in the lab lately, and one set comes from 3D-Fuel, who provide a very strange algae-based filament.
We had a look at Flashforge’s Finder 3D printer, which is designed for introductory 3D printing.
Researchers from several institutions have performed more extensive testing on particulate emissions from commonly available 3D printers, and the results should be known by all 3D printer owners.
Airwolf 3D has improved their product line with the release of the AXIOM 2.
The manufacturer of a new 3D printer from Poland hopes to expand sales worldwide.
We’re checking out a new desktop 3D printer, the Roboze One+400, which claims to use no belts within its motion system.
Magicfirm announced a new 3D printer model, the ZYYX+, which seems to focus on new features that you will definitely appreciate.
One of the more popular desktop 3D printers brands has been UP, from Tiertime. Now they’ve announced their best desktop unit ever, the UP mini 2.
At CES we examined the new Polaroid desktop 3D printer, and found a very surprising element.
At CES this year XYZprinting had one of the larger booths, and why not? They announced more machines than we could count!
Looking for a tall delta-style 3D printer that does more than just 3D printing? You might consider the Ares from Easyarts.
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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.
