3D Printers
Launcher & AMCM Develop Largest Known 3D Printed DMLS Rocket Engine Part
Launcher and AMCM have just announced successful production of a large single-part 3D printed rocket, now available for direct purchase from aerospace companies. The E-2 liquid rocket engine chamber was created on AMCM’s M4K 3D printer—a customized EOS M400 series...
Project Imperial Consortium to Create Large Scale 3D Printer for Zero Gravity
Under contract with the European Space Agency, the Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) will be creating a new, large-scale 3D printer capable of fabricating parts in a zero-gravity atmosphere. The innovative hardware will be used at the International Space Station...
How & Why 3D Printing will Become an Integral Part of Disaster Response
3D printing has revolutionised industries, ranging from fashion & sport to medical & engineering. However, this new technology has only scraped the surface of its potential. One area which is destined to be transformed through 3D printing is humanitarian aid....
Airbus Chooses Ultimaker 3D Printers for Desktop Use in European Facilities
As a pioneer in the aerospace industry, the Airbus has used 3D Printing in creating parts for flight controllers, cabin parts, helicopter parts, along with combining robotics in other collaborations—of which there have been many in the past few years. Now, Airbus...
Poland’s Emtel Uses 3DGence 3D Printers for Defibrillator Parts
The advantages of using 3D printing industrially are apparent around the globe. In the medical field, doctors are exploring ways to create necessary items like dentures, 3D printed implants, surgical models, and countless innovative devices that are not only enhancing...
Tethers Unlimited Recycler and 3D Printer Refabricator Operational on Board the ISS
Space manufacturing start-up Tethers Unlimited has had a tumultuous time of late. The firm which aims to develop in space manufacturing technologies and has successfully seen its Refabricator put in use on board the ISS space station now. The recycler has been...
Interview With Greg Haye of Local Motors About Co-Creation and 3D Printing
Local Motors burst onto the scene in 2007 using crowdsourcing and cooperative design to develop cars. Their visionary and bold approach lead them to become a nexus for designers, engineers, and gearheads who wish to work together on making vehicles. The Local Motors...
LLNL and UC Berkeley Researchers Continue Work on Their Promising Volumetric 3D Printing Method
It’s been said that volumetric 3D printing has more speed, flexibility, and geometric versatility than other methods, with a lower cost. In late 2017, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California teamed up with collaborators...
Carbon Releases the L1 3D Printer
Carbon has been making progress rolling out its 3D printers worldwide. The company has new directors, expanded its partnership with Ford and boldly reduced the prices on its resins. The company now takes a new step with the release of its L1 3D printer. The L1 has ten...
OsseoPrint 3D Wins AMS Startup Competition with Patient-Specific, 3D Printed Bone Scaffold Platform
The second annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies summit, co-hosted by 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Markets Publishing, took place this week in Boston. In addition to more speakers, this year’s event branched out into separate tracks for medical and dental 3D...
INTAMSYS Announces “FUNMAT HT Enhanced” 3D Printer
NEW features include automatic-leveling, removable, magnetic glass-ceramic build plates, and more Since INTAMSYS released the FUNMAT HT at “Formnext 2016” convention in Frankfurt, Germany, the printer has been praised for its high-performance functional material...
Allevi Releases A Coaxial Extrusion Kit for Bioprinting
Bioprinter company Allevi was launched in 2014. The firm now has a family of bioprinters ranging from the simple Allevi one to the 6 temperature controlled print head Allevi 6. This printer also has photocuring on board, a reported sub-micron precision and auto...
Solvay Adds PEEK and PPSU 3D Printing Materials to Digimat
Solvay has just added its 10% carbon fiber filled KetaSpire PEEK and Radel polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) materials to Digimat Additive Manufacturing. Digimat is a software package made by e-Xstream engineering that lets users simulate materials and their real-world...
BigRep 3D Printers Used to Make Replicas of Apollo 11 Capsule for Oscar-Nominated Film ‘First Man’
It’s safe to say that in Ohio at least, winter is here with a vengeance. But while I’m already sick of the ice and snow that come part and parcel with the season, I do actually like winter for another, very different reason: the movies. We are now deep in...
Microlight3D Introduces New Altraspin 3D Printing System for High-Resolution, Microscale Parts
As you can probably guess by its name, French 3D printer manufacturer Microlight3D specializes in ultra high-resolution 3D microprinting systems. The company’s two-photon polymerization direct laser writing technology, which includes proprietary software...
$22 Million BASF and Materialise Essentium Investment, Analysis and Comment
BASF Venture Capital along with Materialise and Genesis Park (the Houston based VC not the park that purportedly gives us evidence that Man and Dinosaurs coexisted) closed their $22.2 million investment in Essentium. The company stated that the “The funding...
CreativeBot Duo Arrives on the Market Offering Large Format Dual Extrusion 3D Printing
Ethan Baehrend is only 18 years old but has already launched a 3D printing company and new 3D printer. Creative 3D Technologies officially launches today, based in Chicago, Illinois and offering a large format, dual extrusion 3D printer called the CreativeBot Duo....
Dremel Introduces Newest Addition to DigiLab 3D Printing Family: the 3D40 FLEX 3D Printer
Popular power tool company Dremel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, has been in business for 85 years, due in large part to its commitment to innovation in technology. This week, the company expanded its growing DigiLab family of 3D...
3D Printing News Briefs: January 19, 2019
Welcome to the first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs in 2019! We took a brief hiatus at the beginning of the new year, and now we’re back, bringing you the latest business, medical, and metal 3D printing news. First up, Sigma Labs has been awarded a new Test...
Austrian Vocational School Using Sintratec’s SLS 3D Printing for Classroom Projects and Spare Parts
The Higher Technical Federal Teaching and Research Institute Dornbirn (HTL Dornbirn), or Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt Dornbirn in its native Austrian, is a vocational school for adolescents from the ages of 14 and up, and offers a wide range of...
The New gMax 2 3D Printer From gCreate Has Been Redesigned and is Even Bigger
Brooklyn 3D printing company gCreate has a several-year history of building super-sized desktop 3D printers, starting with its gMax 1.5 and gMax 1.5 XT in 2014. The gMax 1.5+ and gMax 1.5 XT+ 3D printers were launched the following year. The company has been busy for...
FELIXprinters Introduces New Industrial 3D Printer, the Pro 3
The mission of Dutch 3D printer manufacturer FELIXprinters is to create fit for purpose, upgradeable 3D printers. This summer, the company announced a repositioning to meet the changing needs of its customers, and the industry as a whole, by increasing the focus on...
Interview with Dynamism and Desktop Metal on the Ultimaker S5 and DM Studio System
Dynamism has been a retailer of 3D printing technology for over two decades, and the company always does well at keeping up with the latest, most talked-about 3D printers. Currently, one of its featured products is the Ultimaker S5, which was released last year and...
Kwambio Debuts Two New Ceramic 3D Printing Systems at CES 2019
At last year’s CES, New York City startup Kwambio introduced its new, high precision Ceramo One, the first industrial 3D printer in the world for ceramic materials. This week at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, which is coming to a close today, the startup is exhibiting...
Crispin Orthotics Purchases HP 4200 from Europac 3D for 3D Printing Orthotic Devices
In 2016, 3D printing, scanning, and inspection business Europac 3D, headquartered in the UK, was named a UK Channel Partner for HP, which means that it’s responsible for the sales and servicing of all of HP’s 3D printing equipment in the country. Recently,...
