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colorFabb Drops Brass Filament
3D printer filament leader colorFabb abruptly dropped their brassFill product.
Meet 3devo’s New Filament Makers
3devo has introduced the Precision and Composer Series of filament makers.
Additive Manufacturing is the Future of Turbomachinery
Charles Goulding and Peter Saenz of R&D Tax Savers discuss additive manufacturing in turbomachinery.
3D Printer Filament from Garbage?
Toronto-based Genecis has apparently developed a means of transforming organic trash into usable thermoplastics.
Book of the Week: Operational Cybersecurity Risks
This week’s selection is “Operational Cybersecurity Risks and Their Effect on Adoption of Additive Manufacturing in the Naval Domain” by the US Government.
How Do You Open Source 3D Printer Filament?
It seems there is another open source filament available for 3D printing, but how exactly is this done?
Prusa Introduces Filament Line with Powerful Process
Prusa Research has done something few, if any, 3D printer manufacturers have done: develop their own in-house produced filament.
TRUE Food Safe PLA
Filaments.ca is introducing a new food-safe line of 3D printing filament.
Royal DSM’s New “Low” Carbon Fiber Filament Raises Questions
Royal DSM announced a new 3D printer filament that has an unusual statistic: lower carbon fiber.
Melanie Lang – “By Leveraging Additive Manufacturing, I Realized We Could Eliminate Some Limitations”
Melanie Lang, Formalloy Co-Founder, and Managing Director is motivated by developing a disruptive technology
The 3mm Filament Problem
I’ve hit this problem twice now this week: is 3mm filament really 3.00mm?
Which 3D Printing Material is Right for Your Next Project?
Manufacturing is embracing 3D printing, due to the vast number of choices for materials.
Something Interesting Happening With Flexible Filaments
I saw an announcement of a set of new flexible filaments from Keene Village Plastics and had a thought.
Lockheed Martin Sets Record for Giant 3D Printed Satellite Fuel Tank
Since its founding in 1995, Lockheed Martin has made a myriad of contributions to the aerospace industry with groundbreaking new technologies.
The 4th Dimension: Formlabs, Lasers, and the Next Frontier in 3D Printing [Exclusive Interview]
The 4th Dimension is a new series where we go behind the scenes with leaders in 3D printing to add a new dimension.
Book of the Week: Basic Machines and How They Work
This week’s selection is “Basic Machines and How They Work” by the US Navy.
Former Dassault Exec Takes Over Rize
After coming out of stealth in 2016, Rize has been in the process of making its name well-known and its Augmented Polymer Deposition (APD) technology widespread.
Could 3D Printing Change How Wars are Waged?
After yesterday’s story about how the US Navy has been literally 3D printing submarines, I had a thought about the future of war.
On Demand 3D Printed Vehicles?
The US Navy has 3D printed an entire submersible vehicle!
3D Printed Weapons to be Produced by US Department of Defense
A very curious solicitation from the US DOD requests “explosive” 3D printer materials.
Digital 3D Models to be Blocked at the Border?
A fascinating report on Techdirt explains the how digital goods could become subject to border control. This has implications to 3D printing.
USS Essex Has A 3D Printer Onboard
The US Navy has equipped the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship, with a 3D printer.
“Print Me a Cruiser” : The Future of the US Fleet
According to the Navy publication Proceedings Magazine, “The 3D printing revolution will radically change naval construction.” In the magazine’s most recent issue, Lt. Cheney-Peters and Lt. Hipple argue that the future of naval design and manufacturing could be based on a 3D printing paradigm. In an interview with MakerBot’s Peter Schmehl, Cheney-Peters learned that… Continue reading “Print Me a Cruiser” : The Future of the US Fleet
MakerBot’s New Colors
3D printer manufacturer MakerBot has announced the availability of no less than nine new colors of plastic filament, suitable for use in not only their 3D printers, but any others that use the same diameter of plastic filament. The new colors are pretty awesome: Slate Gray Stone Helsinki Sky (a very light blue)… Continue reading MakerBot’s New Colors
Wanted: Micro-Robotic Fabrication Swarms
No kidding – the US Navy has put out a small business technology transfer solicitation (or STTR as they acronymize it) for proposals to “Develop a swarm of micro-robotic fabrication machines that will enable the manufacture of new materials and components”. Astonishing! More details: This topic focuses on a particular approach of using… Continue reading Wanted: Micro-Robotic Fabrication Swarms
Scanning Submarines
When you’re capturing a 3D scan of an object, you are typically limited by the size of the scanner, if the scanner requires you to put the scanned object inside it. But there’s also hand-held scanners that can overcome even that limitation. But how big an object can you scan? Creaform is going to… Continue reading Scanning Submarines