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Artec 3D Gives Legs To Their Large-Format 3D Scanner

How can 3D scanners really capture large objects? Artec 3D has come up with a remote app that for the first time allows this to happen.

Do You Need A 3D Printer Emissions Sensor?

3D printers emit VOCs — volatile organic compounds. Do you need a sensor to detect them? We examine a proposed DIY solution.

The Inexpensive Phiz Tabletop 3D Scanner

Looking for an inexpensive tabletop 3D scanner? The upcoming Phiz 3D scanner from KIRI Innovation could be for you.

Admatec Adds Vision-Based Process Monitoring System

Admatec’s new vision-based process monitoring system for their ceramic and metal 3D printers could dramatically increase the quality of industrial additive manufacturing.

How To Save Your $25K Metal 3D Print From Failure

What happens when an expensive metal 3D print fails and no one is around? The Polysense Solutions sensor will detect and alert additive manufacturing operators in real time.

Metal And Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Farms

3D printer farms aren’t a new concept — but the advantages of grouping together high-strength 3D printing units are growing. Markforged has just introduced its Print Farms offering. They describe it as “an economic way for customers to build metal and carbon fiber printing capacity with Markforged,” continuing: “The new packages allow customers to purchase… Continue reading Metal And Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Farms

How Lockheed Martin is Using Augmented Reality in Aerospace Manufacturing

Lockheed Martin is famous for engineering innovation, dating back to the legendary Skunkworks.

The BB023 Spool Tracker

How much filament is left on that spool? If you don’t know, you might need a spool tracking device. The BB023 fits on a 3D printer and counts the length remaining.

The State of 3D Scanning 160 Years Ago

Ever wonder when 3D scanning was invented? It seems that a form of 3D scan, called Photosculpture, was developed in the 1800s by a French artist.

How To Break A 3D Printer’s Glass Build Plate

Have you ever broken a 3D printer build plate? We did! Our glass build plate had a sad case of over-adhesion on a PLA print that could not be removed.

Continuous 3D Printing Possible With Transparent Polygon Scanning?

Could the TPS concept revolutionize resin 3D printing? Open source Transparent Polygon Scanning could avoid patents allowing inexpensive resin 3D printers.

Filament Innovations’ Ball Screw 3D Printing Experiments

What can be used instead of belts in a 3D printer motion system? Filament Innovations is experimenting with a ball screw to enable high-speed and high-temp use.

Question of the Week: Using Open Filament on the Sindoh DP200 3D Printer?

Own a DP200 and want to print any material? Find out if Sindoh will ever offer a firmware upgrade to allow use of open materials and avoid requiring cartridges.

Structure Sensor (Mark II) Announced By Occipital

Occipital announced the upcoming availability of a new iPad-based 3D sensor, the Structure Sensor (Mark II).

Machine Learning System Detects Manufacturing Defects using Photos

Machine learning can be used for more than violating your privacy for a social media challenge.

What’s In E3D-Online’s Mystery Boxes?

E3D-Online produces some of the highest-quality 3D printer components used in the industry, and now you can obtain a batch of them at very low cost.

A Coaxial 3D Print Extruder?

Ever heard of a coaxial nozzle for 3D printing? This is an experimental version being used for unusual food 3D printing.

Artec 3D Releases New 3D Scanning Turntable Accessory

Need an automated 3D scanner for small objects like jewelry? Consider the new Artec Turntable device with the Artec Space Spider to capture high rez scans.

The D3D-s 3D Jewelry Scanner Offers High Resolution of Complex 3D Models

Need an ultra-high-resolution tabletop 3D scanner? One great option could be the new D3D-s device that’s now available on Kickstarter.

How Advanced Can 3D Printed Colors Be?

I spoke with DyeMansion’s Chief Customer Officer, Kai Witter, about the company’s new advanced 3D print color systems.

E3D-Online’s Origin Story

We had a chat with E3D-Online co-founder Sanjay Mortimer to find out more about the company.

The ZCatch Nozzle Removal Tool

The ZCatch nozzle removal tool should be a tool found in every 3D printer operator’s toolbox.

The Kinect Is Not Dead!

Microsoft announced a new version of their handheld 3D scanner, and it may have some implications for 3D printing.

Wacom’s New Intuos Pro Small Is More Compact For Pro Designer On the Go

Perhaps you know this but there’s a lot of equipment, not to mention sweat and long hours, that goes along with the experience you build as a designer.

What Is Optical Engineering? (and Why You May Be Doing HW Wrong If You Don’t Know)

If you’re engineering hardware that has any one of: a camera, an LED, a display, an IR sensor, a lens, a laser, a reflector, or an optical fiber, guess what?!

Dye Mansion’s VaporFuse Smoothing Solution Continues

Dye Mansion continues to develop a new 3D print smoothing solution.

VR in CAD: Where Are We Now?

Virtual reality (VR) has come a long way since the offerings of the late 1980s and 1990s.

Realizing 3D Printing’s Potential via Automated Post-Processing Tech

As the 3D printing space continues to transform into something that fits into industrial factory settings, we’ve seen materials expand, systems improve, and a trend toward automation. What has so far seemed to be the missing piece is an equal improvement in post-processing technologies.

The Prusa Bear Upgrade

There’s an exciting upgrade for the most popular 3D printer around: the Prusa Bear Upgrade.

Direct Drive Upgrade Available for CR-10S

There’s a new upgrade available for the popular CR-10S desktop 3D printer from Creality.

The peel 2 Handheld 3D Scanner

peel 3D announced the peel 2, an advanced handheld 3D scanner.

How to Build a Backyard Workshop for $2,000

Purchasing a traditional home may be physical proof that you’ve officially made it as an adult.

New Desktop 3D Scanner From Artec 3D

Artec announced the Artec Micro, a new desktop 3D scanning system.

Incredible EDM Machining Process Literally Melts Part Lines Away

If you thought the age-old craft of metalworking couldn’t get any more precise, well think again.

The Spül Tracker Is Coming

There seems to be a very interesting 3D printing accessory in the works, the “Spül Tracker”.

Build Your Own High-Temp 3D Printer?

A blog post from igus GmbH describes plans for building your own high-temperature 3D printer.

The SOL 3D Scanner

Scan Dimension has released a new tabletop 3D scanner, the SOL.

The Wham Bam PEX Solution

Wham Bam offers an unusual bed adhesion system that seems more capable than many alternatives.

The Nimble Extruder: Not Direct, Not Bowden, But Something Else

I’m looking at a unique 3D printer extruder design from Zesty called “Nimble”.

The Form 3 3D Printing Technology And Implications

We’ve received a couple of interesting videos on the new Form 3 technology from Formlabs, and they show a very unusual SLA process.

The Metallizr Is Coming

Soon we’ll find out what The Metallizr can do for 3D prints.

nScrypt Goes Metal

A new metal solution promises fine-detailed 3D printing.

Prodways Group Automates Dental 3D Printing

There have been some very intriguing developments from Prodways Group.

Einscan-SP 3D Scanner [Review]

We seasoned digital craftspeople can take an idea from a digital model to a physical concept with lightning speed.

Texas Instruments Aims to Evolve SLS with New DLP Chip

Stereolithography introduced to the world the possibility of turning digital CAD models into physical reality

E3D-Online Unleashes The SuperVolcano; Look Out For Giant 3D Printers

UK-based E3D-Online announced their latest — and largest — 3D printer hot end, the SuperVolcano.

The Development of Multi-Metal 3D Printing

Aerosint and Aconity are collaborating toward a multi-metal future for 3D printing.

Carbon’s Significant News For Dental 3D Printing

Carbon’s powerful resin 3D printers have been extensively used by manufacturing, but it seems the company is all in for dental usage as well.

3D Scanning Price Breakthrough With Calibry

A new very low-cost handheld 3D scanner was announced: the Calibry by Thor3D.

Spacebridge is an Augmented Reality Workspace Concept from Wacom and Magic Leap

Last year, we got an inkling on Magic Leap’s plans to partner with like-minded companies like Onshape to create more interactive 3D work environments using their not-quite-so-cheap AR/VR headset.

The Correct Way To Achieve Zero Emission 3D Prints

I’m quite impressed with Rize’s approach to dealing with 3D printer emissions, and it’s not anything you might expect.

Fiberthree: More Than Materials

Fiberthree is a German company producing several 3D printing products, but focusing mainly on materials.

InssTek Introduces Modular Resolution

A new cartridge system means InssTek customers don’t have to choose between fast and fine for metal 3D printing.

Is Hybrid Manufacturing Worth the Hype?

A new style of production is beginning to emerge — hybrid manufacturing — which combines both additive and subtractive techniques. It’s been getting a lot of attention recently, but is hybrid manufacturing worth all the hype?

A Deeper Look At PULVERMEISTER

After our story last week about a new post processing company, PULVERMEISTER, we learned a great deal more.

The Amazing PULVERMEISTER

A new company, Pulvermeister GmbH, has produced a prototype of a 3D print post-processing device.

The Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ Is a Cheaper, Physically Smaller Version of the Pi 3B+

The Raspberry Pi Foundation have created an updated version of their old 2014 Raspberry Pi 3B+ quad-core processor

TRIDITIVE’s Fully Automated 3D Printing System

Automation is coming to 3D printing, and a new system is designed with productivity in mind.

Microsoft’s AR Technology Finds Its Way Into Toyota Engineering Teams

Even if you have just a grain of knowledge about the automotive industry, you’ll know how resilient Toyota is.

One Comprehensive 3D Printing Safety Solution

We received responses from our provocative post last week, “Does ANYONE Care About 3D Printer Emissions?”

Powerful New 3D Printer Components from Dyze Design

Dyze Design showed us their new products.

One Inexpensive Way to Add Some Safety to Your 3D Printer

After publishing our rant about the increasingly important lack of attention paid to safety in 3D printing, we received an interesting tip.

Desktop Metal: Bigger, Better, Faster

Desktop Metal is taking advantage of its technology to go bigger, better, and faster for production 3D printing.

Thoughts on BigRep’s New MXT Extruder

Last week BigRep announced a series of new machines, but what caught my interest most was their MXT extruder.

DyeMansion’s Way Ahead is Smooth with VaporFuse Surfacing

The future is bright — and brightly colored — for post-processing 3D prints.

Blue Friday at MatterHackers: So. Many. Sales.

MatterHackers is bringing Blue Friday back, getting the jump on the holiday sales season with steep discounts in 3D printing and digital fabrication.

AMT and Mitsubishi Electric Partnership Focuses on Automation in Post-Processing

Mitsubishi Electric continues with its momentum in additive manufacturing, partnering with Additive Manufacturing Technologies (AMT).

Zortrax Introduces 3D Print Smoothing Device

Zortrax announced the Apoller Smart Vapor Smoothing Device.

These Glasses Will Protect Your Eyes During All-Day CAD Marathons

In this era of near-all-day-long screen time for many, issues like eye strain, headaches, and poor vision are becoming the norm.

Wham Bam’s Flexible Plate System

A new bed adhesion system is about to be released from startup Wham Bam.

Meet 3devo’s New Filament Makers

3devo has introduced the Precision and Composer Series of filament makers.

Some Of You May Need The WONDERCUTTER

There’s a very interesting tool that may be just right for 3D printing.

Implications of E3D-Online’s High-Temp Move

Things will get a lot hotter in desktop 3D printing after E3D-Online’s latest announcement.

An Airbrush-Style 3D Printer Nozzle?

There may be a far better way to 3D print small, finely detailed objects.

The Selectra Multi-Material 3D Printer Add-On

A new Kickstarter project offers a means of 3D printing in multiple colors.

Prusa Finally Releases MultiMaterial Upgrade

Prusa Printers finally released their long-awaited second version of their multmaterial upgrade.

Finally: A Nozzle Swap Tool

There’s a new Kickstarter project with a tool that many desktop 3D printer operators could use.

Logitech’s New MX Vertical Mouse Aims to Eliminate CAD-Induced Hand Strain

What you’re looking at right now isn’t a Bluetooth speaker. It isn’t even a pint-sized Roomba.

Looking Glass is a True Holographic Display For 3D Content Creators

Rather than forcing chunky peripherals on your head or hands via VR or AR, real holograms are the stuff of science fiction: true interactive displays which humans can interact with on a more personal level.

Multi-Tool, Not Multi-Toy: A Conversation with ZMorph’s CEO

I recently caught up with ZMorph’s new CEO for a discussion about multi-tool fabrication on the desktop.

Joule Printing Ready to Prove Its Mettle in Metal 3D Printing

Digital Alloys recently announced $12.9 million in financing and two US patents for its Joule Printing metal additive manufacturing technology; I spoke with the CEO to learn more.

voxeljet Teases an Automated Additive Manufacturing Solution for Production

Production is in sight for additive manufacturing, and voxeljet is looking to lead the way, the company tells us. This morning, James Reeves, Managing Director at voxeljet UK, reached out with an interesting look ahead in the latest positioning to “reinvent the manufacturing landscape.” He published a teaser today hinting at an interesting work in… Continue reading voxeljet Teases an Automated Additive Manufacturing Solution for Production