Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley look into the place of 3D printing in a reshaped auto part supply chain.
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3D Printed And 5G Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Antennas
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine how 5G networks can benefit from 3D printed MIMO antennas.
SpaceX Triggers Increased Use Of 3D Printing?
I’m seeing another reason companies will increase their adoption of 3D printing, and this time it’s at the top end of a rocket.
Embroidery and 3D Printing: Mending Ways
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi stitch up a look at 3D printing and embroidery.
CBD Products, Hemp, and 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss the conjunction of 3D printing and growth in CBD products.
Overcoming The Performance Barrier To Full-On Radical 3D Printing
There’s a key barrier that’s holding back 3D printing from much more radical use, but it may be about to break down.
Ultraviolet C Robots And 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman check out 3D printing used for building new robots that may help slow the spread of pandemic.
Harley-Davidson Shifts Gears To 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding revs up the idea of 3D printing in the Harley-Davidson supply chain.
Sourcing US Grid Components And 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi dig into the potential use of 3D printing for sourcing the US power grid.
Stratasys Client 3D Printing ISS Components, More To Come?
A new 3D printed part being used on the International Space Station could open up new worlds of 3D printing applications.
Black Hawk Twinned
Digital twin creation of the US Army’s Black Hawk helicopters will bring new life into the out-of-production aircraft.
Rocket Crafters Tests STAR-3D 3D Printed Rocket Engine
Rocket Crafters has concluded testing of their revolutionary 3D printed hybrid rocket engine.
Superfeet’s Expanding Use of 3D Printing
I spoke to some folks from Superfeet Worldwide, who described how they use 3D printing technology in their footwear operation.
Cooking Up A New Recipe For The Reconditioned Restaurant Food Equipment Business With 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine 3D printing applications in reconditioned restaurant equipment.
Miele Distributing 3D Printable Attachments
Miele, the high-end German manufacturer of consumer goods, now offers downloadable 3D models for printing, some of which may fit your appliances.
HP Connects The Internal Dots To Mobilize 3D Printing: Part Two
HP has been working internally and with its global partner network to mobilize 3D printing efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19.
HP Connects The Internal Dots To Mobilize 3D Printing: Part One
HP shares details of their internal and external teamwork to bring 3D printing into play to join the fight against COVID-19.
Is the HVAC Industry Finally Ready for 3D Printing?
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi ponder 3D printing possibilities for the HVAC industry.
SPEE3D’s Anti-Viral Copper 3D Prints Deployed
A validated COVID-19 utility solution announced by SPEE3D has now been adopted by a government agency.
New Seating Solutions Are Comfortable With 3D Printing
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the future of seating — and how 3D printing can help to redesign public seating areas.
5 Industries That Benefit From Ceramics 3D Printing
What makes ceramics such a valuable 3D printing material? Here’s how it’s benefiting five essential industries.
Shiruba Prototypes Aquarium Filters With SLS 3D Printing
One company that’s recently leveraged the ability of 3D printing to produce prototypes is Taiwan-based Shiruba, makers of the Power Aquarium line of water filters.
3D Printing Drug Compounding Becomes More Relevant During The Coronavirus Crisis
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine drug compounding with 3D printing technology.
3D Technologies And Healthcare Accessibility
From providing new methods for conducting healthcare appointments to improving diagnostics, 3D technologies promise improved quality of life for patients with a vast array of health needs.
5 Minutes Of 3D Printing Kills Coronavirus On Contact Surfaces
One of the benefits of 3D printing that’s kept the technology in the front lines against COVID-19 has been its speed — and now we need to look at SPEE3D too.
3D Printing + Injection Molding: COVID-19 Collaboration Scales Up Within A Week
Scaling up production to help in the fight against pandemic poses certain challenges — that are increasingly possible to overcome.
Traditional Ventilator Manufacturers Seek To Scale Up And Simplify Production
Charles Goulding of R&D Tax Savers examines ventilator manufacture picking up with 3D printing.
3D Printed Rocket Engine Serves as Proof of Concept
Hyperganic 3D printed a rocket engine prototype that was designed using an Excel spreadsheet and a novel algorithm.
3D Printed Nasopharyngeal Swabs By The Million
Carbon continues to make headway in the 3D printing fight against the spread of pandemic.
3D Printing Against Coronavirus: Who And How To Help
The 3D printing community continues to unite in efforts to help in the current COVID-19 pandemic.
3D Printing Helps Save Patients During Virus Crisis, And You Should Too
A quick-acting FabLab in Northern Italy may have saved many lives through rapid production of replacement parts. They are not the only ones who should do so.
INTAMSYS 3D Printer Sparks Innovative Production Of Smart Components
INTAMSYS has worked with researchers to develop an interesting hybrid 3D printing / laser-scribing process that can be used in a variety of unusual sensors.
New Developments in Healthcare 3D Printing
Healthcare 3D printing attempts to solve two problems that plague providing care: customization and cost.
3D Printing In Space Started Small, Proving Viability
Years of experimentation are leading to affirmation: 3D printing in space, for in-space use, is looking viable.
Polymers Are Used in Medicinal Tablets: A 3D Printing Opportunity
EOS and Merck Group’s partnership to develop 3D printed medicinal tablets may actually be a lot more interesting than initially thought.
3D Printing And The Coronavirus
Coronavirus is on the rise, and so are efforts to deploy 3D printing to combat infection.
SPEE3D Deployed To Australian Military
SPEE3D is placing their supersonic 3D printer in the Australian military to test its ability to 3D print metal parts in remote locations.
Copper3D Helps Produce HIV-Fighting 3D Printed Filter
Copper3D has helped design an antibacterial 3D printed filter that could help battle HIV infections.
Scottish Startup 3D Prints Eco Rocket Engine
A Scottish aerospace startup shows how to leverage metal 3D printing to enable development of an unprecedented rocket engine.
The Glia Project: Open Access 3D Printed Medical Equipment
The Glia Project is leveraging 3D printing to bring desperately-needed medical equipment to poor areas of the globe through an online service.
Saroléa’s Superbike Powered By Electricity and Polymaker
We had a close look at an electric Superbike, the Saroléa N60, which can accelerate at unearthly rates, and prototyped using Polymaker materials.
Reproducing Anyone’s Voice Using 3D Printing?
Researchers attempt to reproduce an Egyptian mummy’s voice using 3D printing, but where will this lead?
ParaMatters’s CogniCAD “Lightweights” Experimental EV
EV maker Archimoto leveraged ParaMatters’ CogniCAD generative CAD tool to optimize the weight of several key metal components.
3D Printing Truck Parts Improves Manufacturing Process
Cameron Torti & Charles Goulding investigate several major truck manufacturers’ use of 3D printing technologies.
3D Printed Facial Mask Pack System
A new use case for 3D printing has been identified: 3D printed custom facial masks, used to provide a superior fit to individuals through 3D scanning.
A 3D Printed iPhone 12? Or Is This Another Way To Do Product Testing?
A curious 3D print apparently obtained from Alibaba hints at another type of product development testing using 3D printing.
The University of Maine Just Created the World’s Largest 3D Printed Boat
University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has developed a new and enormous 3D printer that is capable of 3D printing a complete boat that floats!
Drugs, Drones, and 3D Printing
Charles Goulding and Greer Veon of R&D Tax Savers look at the use of 3D printing to promote the use of drones for retail delivery.
Protolabs Selects Medical Applications For Cool Idea Award
Protolabs has awarded two healthcare organizations with manufacturing support services to assist in the development of new and highly valuable healthcare devices.
HP Surprises With Prototyping Solution
HP’s MJF process is surprisingly being used successfully for prototyping by Oakley. We realized why they succeeded.
3D Printing Supports Senior and Assistive Aids
Charles Goulding and Greer Veon review the use of 3D printing for applications involving the growing senior demographic segment.
Incredible 3D Printed “Visible Man” Available Through Full Color 3D Technology
Mimaki’s powerful full color texture 3D printers are being used to 3D print mass quantities of customized artwork for consumers.
3D Printing and Commercial Refrigeration
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers take a look at how the commercial refrigeration industry is beginning to make production use of 3D printing technology.
3D Printing Aerospace Parts with Blockchain
It’s now possible to 3D print spare parts on demand for aircraft in flight using blockchain technology.
The Big 4 Elevator Companies & 3D Printing Innovation
Charles Goulding and Dylan Comerford of R&D Tax Savers examine the possibilities in leveraging 3D printing technology in the elevator industry.
Additive Manufacturing: Bridging The Gap From Craft To Automation
What happens when your skilled craft workers retire? You switch to additive manufacturing. See the details in this interesting case study.
Digital Inventory Comes To The High Seas
The vision of a digital inventory with on-demand 3D printing is becoming a reality, with several companies entering an early adopter program.
Signify To 3D Print Massive Quantities of Light Shades And Fixtures
Signify announced a plan to mass customize lighting products using 3D printing technology, potentially requiring as many as 500 3D printers.
Stratasys Digital Inventory For Rail Gets Serious
Stratasys’ experiments in digital inventory solutions for the rail industry just got very real.
Nike’s 3D Printed Zoom Vaporfly Part of Record-Breaking Performance
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata examine the state of advanced footwear production using additive manufacturing.
3D Printing Innovating Smart Home Technology
Charles Goulding and Greer Veon review several consumer product companies who successfully used 3D printing technology to aid the development of their products.
What Every 3D Printing Company Should Be Doing
Trinckle has developed a powerful new system, Paramate, that can automatically generate custom 3D models to vastly simplify the process of producing unique low volume parts for production.
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.
Formula One Racing Teams And 3D Printing Activities: Driven To Be The Best
Charles Goulding, Preeti Sulibhavi and Ian D. Brown examine the use of 3D printing and additive manufacturing by the world’s major Formula 1 Racing teams.
Promoting Whiskey With 3D Printing?
Is it still possible to promote a business brand using 3D printing? It apparently is, according to Diageo, who have launched the Bulleit 3D Printed Frontier Experience.
Stratasys To Collaborate With Jay Leno
Jay Leno partners with Stratasys to enable a digital inventory and 3D printing approach to maintain his vast collection of vintage automobiles.
Small Manufacturers Really Should Use 3D Printers
It’s not a new idea, but it is still not done widely: using 3D printers onsite in manufacturing processes to increase productivity, safety and speed.
3D Printing Props Has An Oscar-Worthy Future
Charles Goulding and Greer Veon of R&D Tax Savers look into the 3D printing of movie and TV props.
3D Printing More Affordable Cranial Implants
A recent case study out of India highlights the low-cost benefits of 3D printing to create personalized medical implants.
Manufacturing Aids As Leading 3D Printing Application
Charles Goulding and Dylan Comerford of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing in creating all-important manufacturing aids.
When Will Car Dealers 3D Print Parts?
Charles Goulding and Ryan Donley of R&D Tax Savers discuss the future of automotive 3D printing – in car dealerships.
Around Town With The OESH Townie 3D Printed Shoes: Review
OESH’s new 3D printed and CNC-knit Townie shoes are comfortable, attractive, and well-made: a review.
Realizing 3D Printing’s Opportunities In The Face Of Trade Wars
Global trade and increasing tariffs are major topics of discussion these days — and 3D printing is increasingly a part of that conversation.
Validating Digital Anatomy: Inside Stratasys’ Strategy
Stratasys is proving out a strategy of application-based 3D printing.
National Manufacturing Day 2019: Expert Roundtable On “Additive Manufacturing: The Next Frontier”
It’s National Manufacturing Day, perfect for a meeting of the minds to discuss additive manufacturing.
Ruggedized Bioprinter Proves Itself
Biofabrication gets a boost with a successful pilot program in an austere environment.
The Significance Of UL GREENGUARD 2904 Certification In 3D Printing
Today Rize announces the first UL GREENGUARD 2904 Certified 3D printer and materials; what does this mean for the 3D printing industry?
Rize Announces First UL GREENGUARD Certification: CEO Interview
3D printer emissions are in focus again today, but with a progress update: the first GREENGUARD-certified 3D printer has been announced.
Stratasys’ Digital Inventory Strategy Is Hard, But They’re Making Progress
Stratasys is working on a fascinating transition to a digital inventory provider. See their experiments with rail car suppliers to understand how it works.
3D Printed Chinese Drone Components and the U.S. Government
Charles Goulding, Preeti Sulibhavi, and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers explore 3D printing as an alternative to Chinese sourcing for drone components.
A Sophisticated Dental 3D Printing Strategy From Ray
South Korea-based Ray has developed an amazing 3D printing system for dentists to use directly without need for dental labs.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professors Give Presentation on 3D Printing in the Lighting Industry
Charles Goulding and Peter Favata of R&D Tax Savers delve into 3D printing in the lighting industry.
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.
New Balance Steps Out With Next Formlabs-Powered Shoe
The latest partially 3D printed shoe is hitting the market: the New Balance FuelCell Echo Triple.
3D Printing: Shifting Gears for Driverless Electronic Vehicles
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi of R&D Tax Savers examine the use of 3D printing in new driverless electric vehicles.
3D Printing And The Rise Of Professional Designer Artisan Fabricators
Charles R. Goulding & Preeti Sulibhavi of R&D Tax Savers examine 3D printing applications in artisanal fabrication.
3D Printed Rocket Manufacturer Gets First Customer
Can a rocket be entirely 3D printed? We will soon find out as Relativity Space gains their first customer, Momentus.
Accelerating Aerospace: Part Two
Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.
Accelerating Aerospace: Part One
Additive manufacturing promises to make aircraft fly higher, faster, and more fuel-efficiently than ever before.
Stratasys Shows Fashion Fabric 3D Printing System
When will 3D printing finally change the fashion industry? It may happen soon with Stratasys’ announcement of a way to 3D print in full color directly on fabric using production processes.
Space Startup Offering Earth-Based 3D Printed Housing Experience
Want to stay in a space habitat? One 3D printed space habitat is being offered to the public for short stays, but it’s located on Earth.
The Autonomous Olli 2.0: Smarter, Longer-Range, More 3D Printed
Local Motors’ autonomous Olli vehicle is now in its second generation, with more 3D printing and potential to become wider spread.
Carbon Keeps 3D Printing In The Saddle With fizik
Carbon and fizik have announced a partnership to createan advanced digitally manufactured bicycle saddle.
NASA has been 3D Printing Ice — In Plastic
How do you make aircraft wings resistant to icing? By carefully 3D scanning the way wing icing occurs, and 3D printing test wings.
Carbon’s Next DLS Disruption: Specialized 3D Printed Bike Saddle
Shoes. Football helmets. Now, Carbon takes its Digital Light Synthesis 3D printing technology to cyclists with a 3D printed bike saddle.