3D Printers
3D Printing News Briefs: June 15, 2018
We’re covering news from the medical and automotive worlds in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, along with a few other stories to get you into the weekend. In Taiwan, ITRI and Mackay Memorial Hospital are working together to 3D print medical devices, and...
Industrial 3D Printer Buying Guide 2018
Industrial 3D printers are used for manufacturing. Reliability, uptime and repeatability are very important to these systems. The availability of the printer and the throughput are key considerations on whether to buy one. Industrial 3D printers have a wide range of...
Cytosurge FluidFM Technology Can Now 3D Print Pure Metal Structures with Pinpoint Accuracy
Nanotechnology startup Cytosurge, an ETH Zurich spin-off company, was founded nine years ago, and develops, manufactures, and distributes innovative, high-precision nanotechnology metal 3D printers based on its patented FluidFM technology, which stands for fluidic...
3D Printer Buying Guide 2018
Since our buying guide last year, a lot has changed in 3D Print-Land. More functional desktop 3D printers have emerged, and a slew of competitors entered the low-cost 3D printing space. All of this competition is good for you, the 3D printer buyer. It may also be very...
Ocean's 8 and Lingering Hollywood 3D Printing Hype
There are a lot of things Hollywood doesn’t get right, and since its popular heyday of consumer hype earlier this decade, 3D printing has certainly figured among those things. With more realism settling in among the 3D printing industry itself as the technology...
3Doodler Create+ 3D Printing Pen Announced
I love 3D printing, and I love 3D modeling. Being able to model designs accurately in CAD and print them repeatedly and consistently is a joy. But this can be tricky and time consuming for newcomers. Sure, it can be fun to print models found online, but what if you...
3D Printing News Briefs: June 8, 2018
It’s all business for today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with an investment, a partnership, and a new facility. Lockheed Martin has invested $5 million in a Canadian materials science company, while ZVerse has partnered up with PlanGrid to integrate...
South Africa's First Food 3D Printer Turns Ugly Produce into Attractive Nutrition
Think about the last time you went to the grocery store. How did you select your produce? Did you go for the fruit and vegetables that were the nicest-looking, eschewing the pieces with spots or lumps or odd shapes? That’s what many people do – it’s...
Audi and the Stratasys J750 3D Printer Expedite Prototyping of Tail Lights
It was just over two years ago that Stratasys introduced the multi-color, multi-material J750 3D printer, which the company described as a machine that would “shake up the world.” It certainly has shaken up the 3D printing industry, bringing new...
EOS Introducing New FORMIGA P 110 Velocis Polymer 3D Printer at Rapid.Tech
At this year’s RAPID + TCT event in Texas, industrial 3D printing leader EOS introduced its new EOS P 810 polymer 3D printing platform, which was developed in partnership with Boeing specifically to process the high performance ALM material HT-23. Now, the...
TU Delft's Multi-Axis Robotic 3D Printing System Makes it Possible to Print Without Supports
August 12-16 in Vancouver, SIGGRAPH 2018, the world’s largest computer graphics and interactive techniques conference, will kick off five days of interesting programming and exhibitions. Many research teams from around the world showcase the results of their...
3D Systems Introduces New 3D Printers for Metal and Dental Markets
3D Systems is a versatile company whose 3D printers lend themselves to a wide variety of applications, but one of the applications the company is most dedicated to is dental 3D printing. 3D Systems has been deepening its commitment to dental 3D printing recently, even...
Updated Concept Laser M2 Cusing 3D Printers Include Features Meant to Improve Quality and Reliability
Just a little over a month ago, the new Arcam EBM Spectra H was publicly unveiled at RAPID + TCT. In late 2016, the company was acquired by GE Additive, the additive manufacturing division of the massive GE corporation, along with its new sister company, Concept...
New Partnerships Accelerate Create it REAL's Journey in High Speed and Secured 3D Printing
R&D company Create it REAL, founded in Denmark in 2009, creates 3D printers for other companies on demand using its innovative development platform, which is compatible with FFF and SLA 3D printers. The company specializes in 3D printing, and integrated both an...
3D Printing News Briefs: May 29, 2018
We’re all business today in 3D Printing News Briefs, as we see companies introducing new products and starting new partnerships. Sharebot and Tractus3D both have new 3D printers, and Omegasonics is bringing its ultrasonic cleaning units to IMTS 2018. Perstorp...
HP Global Innovation Summit Highlights 3D Printing, Immersive Computing, a Secure Future in Manufacturing
Global powerhouse HP Inc. hosted its Global Innovation Summit this week at its location outside Barcelona, as dozens of analysts and journalists joined company and partner executives for an engaging few days exploring advanced technologies. For this event, 3D printing...
3D Printing Business: Inside the New Collaborative International Advanced Manufacturing 3DHUB
In Terrassa, about 30km north of Barcelona, a mountainside in part of a protected forest houses not only stunning views of the Spanish countryside, but a technological center focusing on managing and advancing progress. Leitat Technological Center, founded in...
Thanks to New Partnership, 3DPrinterOS Software Will Now Power KODAK Portrait 3D Printers
One of the top 3D printer software providers, 3DPrinterOS, which recently launched a new 3D printing software bundle with Microsoft Azure, just announced that it will now be powering KODAK Portrait 3D printers by Smart International, a global brand licensee that...
Remote Management of 3D Printers Through VPNs
Due to massive globalization, business people travel all the time. Both individuals and companies need to share the information on distance. Distant control and access is important for every company. The 3D printers are multi-functional. They are strategically...
3D Printing News Briefs: May 22, 2018
We’ve got both business and medical news to cover in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. PostProcess is expanding its channel partner coverage across North America, while Sciaky has received an order for several of its EBAM 3D printers, and MTU Aero Engines...
3D Printing News Briefs: May 18, 2018
We’re starting with some exciting news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving right along into business, events, and research. In Melbourne this week, Titomic has introduced its new metal 3D printer, said to be the largest and fastest in the...
Formula Student Team Turns to 3D Printing to Rapidly Produce End-Use Race Car Parts
There’s been an increase in recent years of student racing teams turning to 3D printing to help augment their cars before they hit the track. The annual Formula Student competition, held by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the UK, promotes engineering...
Nexa3D and XYZprinting Focus on Manufacturing Solutions in 3D Printing
3D printing speeds aren’t the only fast-moving process for Nexa3D; the company, which introduced the ultra-fast stereolithography NXV 3D printer at CES 2018, had more to show off at the recent RAPID + TCT. While in Las Vegas I appreciated the time to speak with...
Italian Startup Turns to Metal 3D Printing for Dental Implants with 24-Hour Turnaround
One application where 3D printing continues to increase in use is the dental field. Italian startup Yndetech, which produces high-quality dental implants and devices, purchased its first metal 3D printer from 3D printing leader 3D Systems soon after opening in 2016,...
R&D Aspects of 3D Printing Chocolate
It is no secret that chocolate is a universally loved food. In fact, the average American eats over nine pounds of chocolate per year. Since 2013, both 3D printing companies and chocolate companies have increasingly invested in 3D printing machines for uses within the...
