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Combining Robots and 3D Printing to Fuel Growing Restaurant Automation

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi review recent examples of restaurants leveraging 3D printing robotics to provide automation.

Formlabs Introduces Automation Ecosystem for 3D Printing

Formlabs today announced an automated manufacturing system that leverages their 3D print technology.

AM-Flow Makes 3D Printing at Scale Simpler with Automation

3D printing at scale just might get a lot simpler with AM-Flow’s automation solution.

The Need For Standardized 3D Print Bins

I had an idea after roving around Formnext 2022, and it has to do with post processing.

Why Stratasys Showed a Robotic System They Don’t Even Sell

At Formnext 2022, Stratasys featured a product they don’t even sell.

Formnext 2022: Back To Normal… Or Not?

We just completed the epic Formnext exhibition and have some thoughts.

3DQue Offers Automated 3D Printing on Many 3D Printer Models

3DQue announced a new service, AutoPrint3D, which provides the software necessary to drive continuous 3D printing.

AMT Looking To Develop Smart Metal AM Post Processing Capability

AMT is secretly working on metal post processing equipment.

Automation Is Making Onshoring Cool Again

Technical advances and the decreasing cost of automation are offsetting the advantages of offshoring.

3D Print Automation: Much More To Come

The shift from prototyping to production implies a great deal more automation must take place in 3D printing.

Planning Your Automation Project

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explain how their clients have tackled manufacturing automation.

SmartZavod Tackles Fully Automated Multimaterial Manufacturing

A German-Ukrainian startup has developed a new system for not only 3D printing, but multifunction manufacturing.

3DQue’s Manufacturing Ambitions Coming True

I spoke with 3DQue representatives to find out the latest on their unusual 3D printing technology.

3DQue Adds Automation Capability For More 3D Printers

3DQue announced the availability of their 3D printer automation system for several new 3D printer models.

3DQue Developing Inexpensive Metal 3D Printing Solution

3DQue announced the results of an internal study exploring ways to inexpensively 3D print metal objects.

Wemake Answers Questions About Their Belt 3D Printer Kit

Wemake Answers Questions About Their Belt 3D Printer Kit

Wemake answered our questions regarding their prototype belt ejection system for desktop 3D printers.

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal announced an accessory for their popular DM P2500 high-resolution metal 3D printer.

Will Robots Revolutionize BIM Workflow?

Will Robots Revolutionize BIM Workflow?

Robots can pick up on BIM precision and you don’t have to worry about their safety.

3YOURMIND Raises US$12.4M

3YOURMIND Raises US$12.4M

3YOURMIND announced they’ve received a massive investment of US$12.4M.

Bastian Solutions And 3D Printing For Automation

Bastian Solutions And 3D Printing For Automation

Charles R. Goulding considers advances in automation and where 3D printing fits into this new workflow.

Roboze Announces “Roboze Automate”

Roboze Announces Roboze Automate

Roboze announced a new system designed to ensure production quality.

Functgraph: Adding Automation and Sandwiches To Any 3D Printer

Functgraph: Adding Automation And Sandwiches To Any 3D Printer

A method of adding pick-and-place automation to a 3D printer has been developed.

Inside The Radical Mosaic Manufacturing Array System

Inside The Radical Mosaic Manufacturing Array System

In discussions with Mosaic Manufacturing I learned more about their revolutionary “Array” 3D printing factory.

Is Robotic 3D Printer Automation The Future?

Is Robotic 3D Printer Automation The Future?

A major barrier to 3D printing adoption has long been automation, but what is the best way to achieve it?

AMT Now Offers Financing

AMT Now Offers Financing

AMT announced the availability of financing services.

Triditive Fueled Up For Automated Additive Manufacturing

Triditive Fueled Up For Automated Additive Manufacturing

Triditive Additive Manufacturing has closed a major investment round.

Purdue Investigating Methods to Enhance Construction 3D Printing?

Purdue Investigating Methods To Enhance Construction 3D Printing?

A news release from Purdue University indicates the institution has been quietly developing new methods of automated construction.

MIT’s LaserFactory: One-Step To Produce Functional Objects

MIT’s LaserFactory: One Step To Produce Functional Objects

MIT has developed a device that can literally produce a fully functional object in one step, with no human intervention.

Emerson Electric And Self-Automation

Emerson Electric And Self-Automation

Charles R. Goulding and Harry Foxman consider Emerson Electric’s Industry 4.0 strategies in staying successful during difficult times.

Oqton Raises US$40M

Oqton Raises US$40M

Oqton announced it has raised a massive US$40M from investors.

A 3D Printer Auto-Off Switcher

A 3D Printer Auto-Off Switcher

I had a quick chat with Yukun Wu, inventor of an interesting accessory for 3D printers.

3DPrinterOS’ New Platform: 3D Control Systems

3DPrinterOS’ New Platform: 3D Control Systems

A relatively quiet announcement from the folks at 3DPrinterOS reveals some very big changes for the company.

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.

Autodrop3d Offers Automated 3D Printing Solutions

Autodrop3d Offers Automated 3D Printing Solutions

I’m looking at Autodrop3d, a company that seems to offer automation solutions for 3D printing.

Published November 6, 2020
Categorized as Service Tagged array, autodrop3d, automation, cloud, ejection, farm
HP Introduces Software, Services, And Automation Updates For Additive Manufacturing

HP Introduces Software, Services, And Automation Updates For Additive Manufacturing

Three pillars of digital manufacturing updates from HP indicate the latest accelerations in automation, software, and services.

Published October 28, 2020
Categorized as Service, Software Tagged AMFG, api, automation, data, dyndrite, henkel, hp, post processing, service
$4M Raise To Accelerate AM-Flow’s Additive Manufacturing Flows

$4M Raise To Accelerate AM-Flow’s Automated Additive Manufacturing Flows

Dutch industrial automation company AM-Flow closed a $4 million Series A round that poises them to accelerate AI-based solutions for 3D printing production lines.

Published October 20, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged am-flow, automation, funding, industry 4.0, investment
Hitting It Off: The Increasing Need For Effective Integration Within Additive Manufacturing

Hitting It Off: The Increasing Need For Effective Integration Within Additive Manufacturing

In an additive manufacturing ecosystem that is both constantly evolving yet still fragmented, Lee-Bath Nelson, Co-Founder and VP Business at LEO Lane, looks at why the need for companies to play well together is critical to realizing strategic objectives.

Published October 5, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged api, automation, collaboration, ideas, integration, LEO Lane, workflow
Latest ExOne Introductions Advance And Automate Binder Jetting

Latest ExOne Introductions Advance And Automate Binder Jetting

Binder jetting mainstay ExOne is introducing a new 3D printer and automation solution today.

Published September 22, 2020
Categorized as Hardware, interview, printer Tagged automation, binder jet, exone, interview
Software Collaboration To Automate Industrial Additive Manufacturing

Software Collaboration To Automate Industrial Additive Manufacturing

Sintavia and Siemens have announced a three-year agreement to collaborate on end-to-end additive manufacturing software targeting digital automation.

Published September 11, 2020
Categorized as Corporate, Software Tagged Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association, automation, collaboration, siemens, sintavia, software, sustainability

Higher Plant Floor Overhead Allocations Drive 3D Printing Robot Component Sales

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the new normal for robot usage in the 3D printing industry.

Published May 23, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, factory, kuka, markforged, robot, robotic, robotics

Lean Manufacturing, Automation and Distancing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the principles of Lean Manufacturing together with rising trends in automation and required social distancing.

Published May 19, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, ideas, manufacturing, pandemic, trends

Haute Fabrication’s Virtual 3D Printing Factory

Haute Fabrication has a very interesting take on automating metal 3D printing using robotics and virtual reality.

Published April 27, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged _temp, automation, haute fabrication, interview, manufacturing, robotics, virtual reality, vr

Behind The Scenes At Shapeways: How They Really Run A 3D Print Service

A blog post reveals much of what happens behind the scenes at 3D print service Shapeways.

Published March 9, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged _temp, automation, production, service, shapeways, visualization

Hirtenberger’s Automated Metal 3D Print Post Processing System

An Austrian company has developed an incredibly sophisticated end-to-end automation system for metal 3D print post processing.

Published February 20, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged _temp, automation, finishing, hirtenberger, manufacturing, metal, post processing, surface

peel 3D Announces The peel 2 CAD 3D Scanner

peel 3D just announced a new professional handheld 3D scanner, the peel 2 CAD, which includes some intriguing workflow simplification features.

Published January 8, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, cad, handheld, peel 3d, reverse engineering, scanner

Tritone’s MoldJet Technology Well Suited For Production Use

Tritone announced a revolutionary 3D printing process called “MoldJet” that 3D prints molds and casts objects during the 3D printing process.

Published December 4, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, binder jet, casting, ceramic, manufacturing, metal, moldjet, production, thermoplastics, tritone

3D Printing Automation and Avoiding the Technology Trap

3D printing is a form of automation, but is it contributing to struggles in the economy? Charles Goulding has an opinion on how this is part of Industry 4.0.

Published November 10, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, economy, industry 4.0, opinion, wsj

COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5 Is Evolutionary

What new features are found in COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5? We have a list of new features in the CAD optimization tool.

Published October 18, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged automation, cad, optimization

How 3D Printing Can Really Bring Back Jobs

Could 3D printing bring back jobs? We think it can, but not necessarily in the way you might think.

Published September 21, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, imagination, jobs, learning, outsourcing

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.

Published September 18, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged automation, automotive, R&D, tax, vehicle

How To Protect Your 3D Design

Are you a 3D designer and have had your designs stolen? There is a service that might help automatically detect theft and issue takedown notices.

Published August 13, 2019
Categorized as Service Tagged $Automated DMCA Takedown, automation, designers, dmca, piracy, pirate.io, theft

NXT Factory’s Intelligent SLS 3D Printing

We vistied NXT Factory in Ventura, California for a look inside their new high-speed, high-temperature automated SLS 3D printing systems.

Published July 23, 2019
Categorized as tour Tagged $NXT Factory automated SLS, automation, NXT Factory, sls, tour, visit, XponentialWorks

Teton to Debut with Intelligent Slicing Automation

A new startup is reimagining slicing in additive manufacturing.

Published April 29, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged automation, interview, slicing, software, Teton Simulation

Inside The Technologies Of The Technology House

I visited contract manufacturer The Technology House for a look inside production operations.

Published April 18, 2019
Categorized as tour Tagged automation, carbon, interview, manufacturing, production, service, sla, the technology house, tour

Automated Quoting, eCommerce, and Custom Orthotics

iOrthotics has launched a new division for custom orthotics, complete with a digital workflow.

Published April 11, 2019
Categorized as Service, Software Tagged @DigiFabster, automation, software

Automation in Focus for Authentise and Microsoft Partnership

Authentise and Microsoft are collaborating to enhance automation in additive manufacturing workflow.

Published March 28, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged @authentise, automation, cloud, collaboration, microsoft, partnership, software

Prodways Group Automates Dental 3D Printing

There have been some very intriguing developments from Prodways Group.

Published March 21, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged 3D Systems, aligners, automation, dental, prodways, robotic

The Amazing PULVERMEISTER

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

Published January 18, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, depowdering, finishing, postprocessing, pulvermeister, smoothing

Picaso3D Making European Moves?

3D printer manufacturer Picaso3D is contemplating a move into the European market.

Published January 4, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, eu, high temperature, picaso3d, plastic, russia

TRIDITIVE’s Fully Automated 3D Printing System

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

Published December 27, 2018
Categorized as Hardware, interview Tagged automation, delta, interview, production, productivity, TRIDITIVE

How 3D Printing Can Help the US Robot Industry

Charles Goulding and Ian Brown of R&D Tax Savers discuss 3D printing in the robotics industry.

Published December 19, 2018
Categorized as Corporate Tagged automation, industry, robot, robotic, tax

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).

Published November 8, 2018
Categorized as Hardware Tagged amt, automation, mitsubishi, partnership, postprocessing

Trumpf’s Automated 3D Metal Printing Future

Automation is becoming very important for 3D printer manufacturers. 

Published April 27, 2018
Categorized as research Tagged automation, metal, trumpf

Are Robots the Answer for 3D Printer Operation? Probably Not

A video from Mashable shows a robotic prototype operating MakerBot 3D printers. 

Published March 31, 2018
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, robotic

DWS’s Huge XCELL 6000 System

DWS is known for their precision resin-based 3D printers, but they seem to have developed an unusual automation system.

Published March 2, 2018
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, dws, resin

MCOR’s AWR: Automatic Post Processing

We haven’t heard much from MCOR lately, but they’ve just developed a new feature that should save considerable post processing time. 

Published December 24, 2017
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, color, mcor, paper, postprocessing

Could 3D Printers Take Advice From a Kitchen Robot?

I’m reading about the fascinating progress of Momentum Machines and wondering how their approach could apply to 3D printing. 

Published July 13, 2017
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, food, robotic

Hacker Duplicates Stratasys Concept?

A contest on Hackaday has resulted in a design that is somewhat similar to Stratasys’ new continuous demonstrator concept. 

Published June 30, 2017
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, factory

OPENCREATORS 3D Printer Offers Unique Features

A recent Kickstarter from OPENCREATORS has shown a 3D printer with features we haven’t seen previously. 

Published June 7, 2017
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, calibration, dual, plastic, production

The Blackbelt 3D Printer’s Conveyor Belt System

I’m looking at an extremely unusual 3D printer design: the Blackbelt.

Published May 15, 2017
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, continuous, plastic

The Fascinating LIFTcell 3D Print Automation System

Coobx has announced a fascinating new 3D printer accessory, the LIFTcell, which provides a significant amount of automation. 

Published April 16, 2017
Categorized as Hardware Tagged @coobx, automation, finishing, resin, robotic

Extreme 3D Printing Automation at Voodoo Manufacturing

Voodoo Manufacturing’s amazing project Skywalker portends an explosive robotic future. 

Published March 21, 2017
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, manufacturing, robot

EOS’s Strong Focus on Industrial Operations

EOS is well known as one of the few true industrial 3D printer manufacturers around, and we examined some of their latest upgrades. 

Published January 25, 2017
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, eos, metal

Crazy Idea of the Week: McDonalds Should Be 3D Printing

Sometimes you get ideas when in the shower, but I had one while obtaining some fast food recently.

Published December 22, 2016
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation, food

Concept Laser’s Automation Initiative

Concept Laser is working towards a significant automation system that could enable easy integration of their equipment into factory environments. 

Published November 23, 2016
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation, concept laser, process

This Robot Suggests 3D Printing Automation Applications?

I’m watching a video of a science-fictiony kitchen robot, but wondering how this concept could apply to 3D printing. 

Published October 4, 2016
Categorized as Ideas Tagged automation

Automate Your 3D Printer’s Operations: Now Possible?

This is a big deal: a company has figured out how to perform automated operations on 3D printers. 

Published June 23, 2016
Categorized as Hardware Tagged automation

Automated Part-Removing 3D Printer: The NVPro

Although we’ve seen an influx in the amount of 3D printers to hit the market in recent years, there is still only one that completely automates the process from start to finish, and that is the NVPro from NVBOTS.

Published March 5, 2015
Categorized as printer Tagged automation, plastic
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