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Bambu Lab Starts Lets Make it Fund
Bambu Lab is starting up the Let’s Make It Fund. The company will donate up to a total of $300,000 to makers who do “bold, world-changing projects that are exceptional,…
3DPOD 284: Portal Space CEO Jeff Thornburg on Leveraging AM to Orbit
Jeff Thornburg has a wealth of experience, starting in the Air Force, Aerojet, NASA, SpaceX, and more. His experience in additive and space has now led him to start Portal…
The Deskside Manufacturing Evolution
When the desktop 3D printing revolution reared its beautiful head in the 2010’s the world was still suffering from a housing boom hangover. Technoptimism seemed to be the path ahead…
3D Printed Facades at Ibiza’s Iconic Pacha
Pacha is either the most or the second most famous club in the world. Ibiza-based Pacha has been a destination club since 1973 and has grown out to be a…
Is 2.20mm Filaflex a Goldilocks Solution for Flexible Filament?
TPU and other elastomeric materials have traditionally been tricky and difficult to print. Elastomers are generally difficult in additive manufacturing (AM). In the case of material extrusion, the use of…
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Office Chairs
In terms of seating, bicycle seats are a very successful 3D printing application. We also looked at the potential for car seats, which is present but would require that people…
REM Develops Finishing Process for CP1
Designer aluminums with unique formulations are the Dubai chocolate of the LPBF world. After an early start by Scalmalloy, it is now CP1 that is the heir apparent. Surprisingly perhaps,…
Snapmaker Secures Series B Backed by Xiaomi Founder’s Network and China’s Investment Elite
Desktop 3D printer manufacturer Snapmaker has gotten a series B round. The round is led by Hillhouse Ventures and Meituan. Cowin Capital and Orient Securities Capital dipped in for another round,…
Applied Acoustics Uses Additive for Subsea Gear
Subsea equipment has to be rugged, temperature-resistant, and able to cope with the long-term effects of saltwater. Extreme pressure and pressure changes are also problems endemic to this industry. Subsea…
3DPOD 283: 3D Printed Suppressors with Sean Bernstein, Irregular Design Group
3D printed suppressors are one of the largest and fastest-growing applications in 3D printing. Our colleague Scott Dunham first wrote a report on suppressors in 2017, before the boom, and…
HII’s NXG 600E Order Shows Why Nikon Dominates Large Defense AM Systems
Huntington Ingalls Industries‘ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit has ordered a Nikon SLM Solutions NXG 600E. HII is a $11 billion revenue shipbuilder that builds the Gerald R. Ford-class…
SWISSto12 Celebrates Success
SWISSto12 has announced progress in 2025. The satellite maker specializing in additively manufactured components announced that its revenues are up 40%. It has also continued building the first four of…
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Aircraft Seating
After the success of 3D printed bike seats, many types of pads have been explored, from backpack pads to those for boxing gloves and helmets. But can we also find…
The Desktop Everything Revolution Is Happening Right Now
Last year, we asked, “Will There Be a Desktop Manufacturing Revolution outside of 3D Printing?” We looked at desktop mills, CNC, and devices such as the Carvera. There, we thought…
3DPOD Episode 282: 3D Printing Across Applications with Mark Reibel, SpecCoat
Mark Reibel has deep experience in Additive working for HP, ExOne, Holo, Xometry, Stratasys, and Solid Concepts. With over 23 years in 3D printing, Mark has seen it all. With…
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Car Seating
Bicycle seats are a 3D printing success story. Often made using Carbon’s technology, high-end road bike saddles are now on offer from most premium bike saddle brands. Retailing for over…
Formnext 2025: Day Four: Beauty the World (Through Missile Defense)
Day four, without the Americans and executives, is a joy. It feels a bit like the last days of summer, languid, time passing in globs of molasses. In looking back,…
Formnext 2025: Day Three: We Are the Champignons
Closing out the Champ bar and sitting in the lobby of the Marriott is perhaps not the most healthy of pastimes. Consuming a tower of mini burgers pinned to chicken…
3DPOD 281: Freemelt CEO Daniel Gidlund on E-Beam PBF Metal AM
Daniel Gidlund leads Freemelt, a company that has been steadily establishing its place in metal AM with open-source thinking and a clear technical vision. In this episode, he walks us…
EPFL Is Growing Metal
Over the years, researchers in additive manufacturing have been working on different hydrogel systems for scaffolds, supports, and parts. Others have worked on different forms of growing 3D prints, while…
Formnext 2025 Day Two: Cost Out & LAPIS
I, for one, think the lack of carpet is a fitting metaphor. They normally throw it out after a few days of use, so not having a carpet leads to…
Aibuild and Reichenbacher Hamuel Ink Partnership
Aibuild will partner with Reichenbacher Hamuel to bring to market multi-axis CNC hybrid tools with AI toolpathing. Aibuild is well known, of course, as a 3D printing software firm that connects…
Formnext 2025 Day One: Magic Carpet Ride
In the spirit of a looming Even Greater Recession (Now With Superintelligence!), I decided to swaddle myself with some austerity. I figured that, in the future, we would need to…
Bambu Releases H2C With Vortek System Upgrade
See the addendum to this article for an update from 11/25/2025. Bambu Lab releases its H2C with the new Vortek system on board, debuting the machine at Formnext 2025. Vortek…
