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Wematter Announces Unusual SLS Post-Processing Device

Wematter announced the Density Gen II post-processing unit, and it uses an unusual two-step process for cleaning SLS 3D prints.

June 7, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

CRP Technology Announces Unusual Windform SLS Material

Windform RS is a new SLS material that will certainly be used in specific 3D printing applications.

June 2, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

The FormUp 350’s Powerful New Features

AddUp announced a new metal 3 printer, the FormUp 350, and it includes quite a number of unusual features.

May 31, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

The Real Secret Behind Successful Powder 3D Printing

The key to powder 3D printing is not the binder or laser.

May 28, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Evonik Partners With Farsoon For High Performance 3D Print Materials

Farsoon announced the first results of a collobartion with chemical company Evonik.

May 27, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Formlabs Expands Fuse 1 Materials

Formlabs announced a new nylon material for their Fuse 1 system, Nylon 11.

May 26, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

The Mysterious Sakuu 3D Printing Process

A Bay-area startup hopes to 3D print batteries using a new hybrid process.

May 19, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Three New Stratasys 3D Printers With One Strategy

Stratasys announced not one, but THREE new industrial 3D printers today, each very different.

April 27, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

BLUE CARE 3D Printing Powder Is Definitely The Right Color

A new material from FABULOUS has a very interesting property: its blue color.

April 26, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Updates From Sinterit On Materials And Software

Sinterit has updated their 3D print job preparation software with a powerful feature.

April 26, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

A Close Look At The Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS 3D Printer

Recently I had the opportunity to take a closer look at Formlabs’ recently released FUSE 1 SLS 3D printer.

April 14, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Sinterit Introduces Polypropylene Material

Sinterit Introduces Polypropylene SLS Material

Sinterit announced the availability of a new polypropylene material for their low-cost, compact SLS 3D printers.

April 14, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Uniformity 6061 Paves the Way for Sintering Mass-Produced Aluminum Parts

Desktop Metal and Uniformity Labs have developed Uniformity 6061, a powder that enables aluminum sintering for binder jetting.

April 9, 2021 | By ENGINEERING.com

ExOne’s X1 160Pro Metal 3D Printer Can Now Use Access Reactive Metals

ExOne’s X1 160Pro Metal 3D Printer Can Now Use Reactive Metals

ExOne announced a new atmosphere-controlled version of their massive X1 160Pro metal 3D printer, opening up the possibility of using many different metals.

March 27, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Aurora Labs Closing In On Metal Powders With Gränges

Aurora Labs provided an update on their ongoing metallurgy project with Gränges.

March 9, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Metal 3D Printing Powders Consolidation: ALTANA Completes TLS Acquisition

ALTANA has completed its acquisition of TLS, focusing on the metal 3D printing powder market.

February 19, 2021 | By Sarah Goehrke

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shakes Up The Metal 3D Printing Market

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shows Challenges And Opportunities

The partnership involving ExOne and Rapidia highlights some of the problems in 3D printing these days.

February 9, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Wematter’s New Atmosphere System Increases SLS Part Quality

Wematter announced a new system that increases 3D printed part quality significantly.

February 5, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

Formlabs Finally Releases The Fuse 1 SLS 3D Printer

At long last, Formlabs has released the Fuse 1, their production SLS 3D printer.

January 26, 2021 | By Kerry Stevenson

New Superalloy Class Points To Defect-Free Metal 3D Printing

Research may have identified a new class of 3D printable metals that can overcome current limitations.

December 11, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Evonik Buys Into UnionTech

German chemical giant Evonik acquired a piece of UnionTech.

December 10, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Sinterit Launches Powder Handling Station

Sinterit announced a new powder handling station (PHS) to accompany their popular desktop SLS 3D printer, the Lisa PRO.

December 8, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

The Mysterious Seurat Metal 3D Printer

I’ve been investigating the rather quiet company Seurat Technologies, which is developing a new metal 3D printing process.

November 21, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Xact Metal Makes Copper 3D Printing Inexpensive

Xact Metal has adapted their inexpensive metal 3D printer technology to enable the use of copper material.

November 20, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Printing With 100% Recycled Powder

Materialise has introduced Bluesint PA12, enabling 3D printing with 100% recycled powder.

November 18, 2020 | By Sarah Goehrke

Elcan: Sifting Through The Metal 3D Printing Powder

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata discuss the importance of quality for metal 3D printing materials.

October 16, 2020 | By Charles Goulding

Sinterit Introduces Comprehensive SLS Toolkit

Sinterit announced the availability of a new “comprehensive set of powder tools”, which aims to change the game when acquiring an SLS 3D printer.

October 9, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Alloyed Develops Functional Nickel Superalloy For High-Temperature AM

Alloyed Tests Functional Nickel Superalloy For High-Temperature AM

Alloyed announced the results of a project they’ve undertaken with Honeywell Aviation to assess a new high-temperature metal powder for aerospace applications.

October 8, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Why Are There So Many New AM Metal Powder Companies?

I had a thought about why there are a number of new entrants to the AM metal powder market.

September 22, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

A New Player Has Entered The Metal 3D Print Powder Game: ALTANA

A New Player Has Entered The Metal 3D Printing Powder Game: ALTANA

There is news about what appears to be a new player in the metal 3D printing powder market: ALTANA.

September 17, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Plasmonic Seasoning Adds Color To SLS 3D Printing

Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a way to generate colors during SLS 3D printing processes.

September 7, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Wayland Additive Sets NeuBeam Target For January

Wayland Additive is set to release their NeuBeam metal 3D printer this coming January.

August 21, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Azoth’s Unique Digital Inventory Approach Using XYZprinting’s SLS System

XYZprinting’s MfgPro230 xS SLS 3D printer is enabling a company to provide an unusual digital inventory service.

August 11, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Inverted Powder 3D Printing

Researchers at Columbia University have developed a unique form of powder 3D printing that is inverted.

August 3, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Sinterit Lowers SLS Powder Refresh Ratio

SLS 3D printing becomes more cost efficient as more powder can be reused.

July 15, 2020 | By Sarah Goehrke

Holographic 3D Printing With Multiple Lasers

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method of using holography in 3D printing.

July 10, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

All About 3D Printer Recoater Blades

I’m reading a fascinating piece by Additive Manufacturing Consultant Michael Wohlfart discussing the different types of recoaters one might use.

July 7, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

6K Additive Makes Some Big Moves

6K Additive has commissioned their first units and at the same time has landed a sustainable client.

July 2, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Tethon 3D Releases New Mullite Ceramic Powder For SLS 3D Printing

Tethon 3D announced a new product: a ceramic powder suitable for use in SLS 3D printers to add to their extensive portfolio of printable ceramic materials.

June 4, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

EOS Focuses On Metal 3D Print Safety

A technical notice recently issued by EOS to their clients regarding 3D print metal condensate safety.

May 27, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

AMT On Post-Formnext Developments In The Time Of COVID-19

AM Technologies has been busy developing new 3D print post processing gear during the COVID-19 crisis, including a new powder removal unit.

May 20, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Wayland Additive’s NeuBeam Metal 3D Printing Process

Wayland Additive has introduced a new form of metal 3D printing they call “NeuBeam” that should be superior to laser or electron beam processes.

May 17, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Analyzing The Upside-Down SLEDM Metal 3D Printing Process

Researchers have developed an unusual metal 3D printing process called SLEDM, which uses LEDs instead of lasers. But could it actually work as defined?

May 12, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Multicolor SLS 3D Printing Coming?

New research has demonstrated an inexpensive method of reliably producing different color shades during SLS 3D printing, but will it replace dyeing?

May 10, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

ExOne Adds New Metal Materials for Industrial 3D Printing

ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.

April 21, 2020 | By ENGINEERING.com

VELO3D Launches Tall Metal 3D Printer

VELO3D announced a new, much taller Sapphire metal 3D printer that enables 3D printing metal parts for automotive, aerospace and oil & gas.

April 14, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Digital Metal Triples Metal 3D Printing Speed

Digital Metal has tripled the speed of their metal 3D printer, the DM P2500, and we speculate on how they accomplished it.

April 9, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

3D Systems Food 3D Printing Technology Continues

3D Systems seems to be still working to develop a food 3D printing solution, this time with an interesting partner.

March 19, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Aprecia’s 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals And A New Partnership

An Ohio company has been 3D printing medicinal tablets that can dissolve almost instantly using a proprietary 3D printing process.

March 13, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

ExOne Adds New Metal Materials for Industrial 3D Printing

ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.

March 13, 2020 | By ENGINEERING.com

Sinterit Positions For Huge Growth With New Massive Factory

Sinterit has just opened a massive new facility that will dramatically increase their production capability. What will they do with it?

March 11, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

EOS Getting Into Medical Tablet Business With Merck

EOS is going into business with Merck Group to develop a way to 3D print medicine in tablet form, but they will have some challenges.

February 28, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Meltio: An Interesting Partnership Creates A Metal 3D Printer

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.

February 20, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

The Two Sides of the Sonda SYS SL02 3D Printer

Sonda SYS manufactures an industrial 3D printer with an interesting feature twist.

February 12, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Effective 3D Printed Magnets Open Up Many Eco-Possibilities

Researchers seem to have developed a new way to effectively 3D print magnets of similar strength to conventionally made units. What might we do with such a...

February 3, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Adira’s Addcreator Scales Up The Build Volume

We took a closer look at the huge large-format metal 3D printer from ADIRA, the AddCreator.

January 28, 2020 | By Marney Stapley

Aerosint’s Radical Deposition System Could Shake Up Powder 3D Printing

Aerosint has developed a 3D printing powder recoater that can selectively deposit powder, thus enabling multi-material powder 3D printing.

January 14, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Sharebot Entering The Metal 3D Printing Arena

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...

January 10, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Chemical Companies Acquiring 3D Printers

Prodways Group announced sales of 3D printers, but not to “normal” customers: Instead they sold them to chemical companies, and we know why.

January 9, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

Tecnica’s Lens-Free SLS 3D Printing System

Technica has invented a very interesting new concept for SLS 3D printing light engines that could dramatically lower the price of equipment.

January 9, 2020 | By Kerry Stevenson

An Update on The Progress of Additive industries

Additive Industries announced a series of interesting technical and corporate moves that should power their expansion. We speculate on what they could mean for the 3D printing...

December 13, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

More On 6K Additive’s Amazing Metal Powder Process

6K Additive has developed a radically new system for producing fine metal powder for additive manufacturing and 3D printing, even enabling 3D printing of impossible alloys.

December 6, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

RPS: The Most Bizarre 3D Printing Process Yet Seen

A bizarre new 3D printing process called Roll Powder Sintering could be the fastest and cheapest way to 3D print metal, ceramic and thermoplastic materials. We found...

December 3, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

New Microwave Process Could Change Metal 3D Printing Pricing

A new experimental 3D printer that uses microwaves instead of lasers could dramatically drop the price of metal 3D printing in the near future.

November 25, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Attention Metal Workshops: Desktop Metal’s New Shop System Announced

Desktop Metal announced a new low-cost binder jet metal 3D printer for metal workshops, including high resolution capability and integrated end-to-end part production.

November 19, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Is It Possible To 3D Print Spacecraft?

It has now been demonstrated it’s possible to 3D print spacecraft parts in thermoplastic thanks to an experiment by CRP Technology.

November 15, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Farsoon’s Powder-Eating CAMS System

Farsoon completed customer beta-testing of their powerful HT1001P CAMS nylon 3D printing production system, which can 3D print continuously.

November 11, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Sinterit Enters US Market With Low-Cost SLS Solution

Poland-based Sinterit now offers their low-cost nylon SLS 3D printer directly to clients in the US, including regional service and training.

November 11, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

6K Additive Introduces Revolutionary Powder Making Process

6K Additive’s new Unimelt process could produce incredibly high quality metal powder for additive manufacturing and move the industry further towards a sustainable future.

November 4, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Research May Lead to New Types of Ceramic 3D Printers

New research shows a method of joining ceramics together. Could this lead to an entirely new type of ceramic 3D printer?

October 31, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Fabrisonic’s Smart Metal 3D Print Build Plate

A smart build plate for metal 3D printing and additive manufacturing could significantly improve quality control and simplify operations.

October 17, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

How To Reclaim More 3D Print Powder Material And Increase 3D Print Quality

You can lose a great deal of expensive 3D printing powder due to limited recycling abilities. But now there may be a way to optimize additive manufacturing...

September 28, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Digital Metal Expands Build Volume, With More To Come?

Digital Metal’s quiet change to their metal 3D printer might mean a new option for those seeking larger, high-resolution metal 3D prints.

September 27, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Stratasys Invests Big Time in Xaar, But Why?

Why would Stratasys invest so much in Xaar? Our thoughts lead directly to Stratasys’ new product strategy, and it’s not like their previous products at all.

September 13, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

Will Digital Metal’s New Superalloys Mark The Beginning Of A Metal Battle?

Digital Metal announced two superalloys for their high-precision metal 3D printer. What does this mean for their competitors who cannot 3D print non-weldable materials?

September 4, 2019 | By Kerry Stevenson

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