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BigRep Ships 500th 3D Printer

BigRep hit a huge milestone with the shipment of their 500th 3D printer. We look back on how they got there.

Kerry Stevenson March 11, 2020
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The Magic Behind Materialise

We had a chat with Materialise’s Stefaan Motte to find out what’s happening at the long-time 3D printing leader. 

Kerry Stevenson January 13, 2020
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Why We Cover Large and Small 3D Printers

Some may wonder why this publication covers both small-scale DIY 3D printing and at the same time large-scale industrial production additive manufacturing. We explain our thinking.

Kerry Stevenson December 16, 2019
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The Transformation of Loop 3D

Loop 3D has completely switched gears and after two years has released a powerful industrial 3D printer. We found out all about it and its numerous features.

Kerry Stevenson December 12, 2019
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The Carbon L1 Ships

Carbon announced they now offer their huge Carbon L1 Production 3D printer for general availability.

Kerry Stevenson November 20, 2019
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What Makes a 3D Printer “Production”?

Is that a “production” 3D printer? What characteristics make a 3D printer “production”? We present a list of features to help classify additive manufacturing machines.

Kerry Stevenson September 29, 2019
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The Busy Hidden Uses Of 3D Printing

Are there hidden use cases for 3D printing that are incredibly powerful? We’ve found some before, now here’s another one.

Kerry Stevenson September 25, 2019
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Accelerating Aerospace: Part Two

Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.

David Ziegler September 13, 2019
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Accelerating Aerospace: Part One

Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.

David Ziegler September 13, 2019
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BigRep’s Next Big Plans

We caught up recently with BigRep for more on their next steps in development.

Sarah Goehrke June 19, 2019
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3D Printing Final Aircraft Parts

Marshall Aerospace and Defense has revealed its use of 3D printing for prototype and final flight parts.

Sarah Goehrke June 7, 2019
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What Is Industrial 3D Printing?

There isn’t an industry on Earth that won’t be touched, and potentially transformed, by the maturation of 3D printing technology. But for this to happen, additive manufacturing has to migrate from the hobbyist’s desktop to factory floors all across the world.

Megan Nichols May 8, 2019
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Fictiv’s Survey On Production

Fictiv released the results of a survey of their manufacturing clients and found some interesting results.

Kerry Stevenson May 7, 2019
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30 Years In 3D Printing: A Chat With EOS

This week, EOS celebrates its 30th anniversary. EOS North America President Glynn Fletcher offers a look into operations and a look ahead in industry.

Sarah Goehrke April 22, 2019
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Funding Makerspaces With 3D Printing?

Engineers from Michigan Technological University and re:3D propose funding makerspaces and FabLabs through 3D printing of commercial objects, but I have some serious concerns about the concept’s viability.

Kerry Stevenson April 14, 2019
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10 Million MJF Parts

Last year alone, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology was used to make more than 10 million parts.

Sarah Goehrke March 28, 2019
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Essentium’s Survey Results

3D printer manufacturer Essentium just released the results of their recent survey on production 3D printing usage.

Kerry Stevenson March 23, 2019
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The Importance of ISO:9001 in 3D Printing

What does it mean that Ultimaker and Sculpteo — presently two of the better-known names in 3D printing — have both recently achieved ISO:9001 certifications?

Nathan Sykes February 12, 2019
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What Is Project MAESTRO?

The EU is sponsoring an interesting 3D print technology project called “MAESTRO”.

Kerry Stevenson January 2, 2019
automotive

Automakers’ 3D Printing Dedication

3D printing is prominent in the automotive industry. Automakers are starting to lift the veil on the depth of their investments.

Sarah Goehrke December 21, 2018
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Formlabs’ Form Cell Strategy Working

Formlabs announced the installation of one of their new Form Cell systems at a health care provider, demonstrating the viability of their strategy.

Kerry Stevenson October 11, 2018
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Bigger Shows Show a Bigger Industry

Manufacturing shows offer a glimpse of the latest and greatest in industry — including when that next big thing is industry itself.

Sarah Goehrke October 4, 2018

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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.

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