3D Printers
by Sarah Saunders | 13 hours ago | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
There’s a lot going on in the 3D printing world this week! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll cover everything from 3D printed clothing to 3D printing materials and 3D printers themselves. The ShareCloth team is announcing its new software... 
by Michael A. Parker | 14 hours ago | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business
This year’s RAPID + TCT was jam packed with new 3D printing technology and was by far the largest 3D printing expo that I’ve personally seen. There was an awful lot to take in. So where to begin? If only there was a rundown highlighting some of the most... 
by John Hauer | May 25, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Editorials / Opinions, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Over the years I’ve written a lot about the safety of desktop 3D printing. When Underwriters Laboratory announced plans to enter the market, I covered it. When Dremel launched the IdeaBuilder I wrote that in my experience, it was among the first to be UL and CE... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 25, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews
It’s okay to admit it: you hate post-processing. It’s easier once you’ve admitted it. It’s easier still if you can virtually eliminate the need for it — or at least that’s one foundational belief at Rize, which emerged from the... 
by Clare Scott | May 25, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing
3D printing, particularly FDM 3D printing, involves a lot of heat. Heated print head, heated build chamber, heated build platform – it’s all necessary to melt plastic filament and ensure that it stays soft enough to adhere to the build plate and to each... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 24, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
Metal 3D printing: is this the future? The technology, in many different versions, will have a definite place in the future of manufacturing, and it’s up to the innovators behind the technologies to determine just how soon that future realistically is. When I... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Education
We’re talking about a new product, 3D printer resellers, grants and awards, a company acquisition, and a VIP visitor for Oak Ridge National Laboratory in this week’s first edition of 3D Printing News Briefs. Xaar introduces its new 1003 AMx printhead,... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
BoXZY got its start in Pittsburgh, PA two years ago when brothers and co-founders Joel and Justin Johnson had the idea to create a machine that can create just about anything and raised $1.2 million on Kickstarter to get the idea off the ground. While many desktop... 
by Clare Scott | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business
Gartner, Inc. is a leading research and advisory company that, every year, creates a Cool Vendors List for multiple industries, including 3D printing. There are a lot of cool vendors in the 3D printing industry, so it can’t be easy to narrow it down, but Gartner... 
by Tim Sohn | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printer Reviews, 3D Printers, 3D Printing
With so many 3D printers available, first-hand experiences via reviews can lead to informed decisions when in the market for a new machine. This aggregation provides a look into some of the most recent reviews of desktop 3D printers available. PCMag.com recently... 
by Clare Scott | May 23, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing
Few 3D printer crowdfunding campaigns have been more successful than that of M3D back in 2014. Their Kickstarter campaign for the M3D Micro 3D printer reached its funding goal in minutes and went on to bring in more than $3.4 million altogether. A second Kickstarter... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Education, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
Not all of the excitement this month in Pittsburgh was housed at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, as the Steel City welcomed members of the global additive manufacturing community for a very busy week. On the penultimate night of RAPID + TCT, I found myself in... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 22, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
Italian company Roboze has established a reputation for high-strength 3D printing at the desktop, making 3D printing with materials such as PEEK and PEI more accessible for users around the world as the company has been focusing efforts on expanding its global... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 18, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
If all the other kids were jumping off a bridge, would you? If all the rest of the internet was talking about Desktop Metal, would you? The bridge thing, hopefully not, but let’s talk about Desktop Metal. We heard about the company in 2015 when out of nowhere... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 17, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
Advanced manufacturer FATHOM, based in California, has had a busy year so far: the company expanded its on-site managed services, showcased a video game controller at SOLIDWORKS World that was 3D printed using a Stratasys F123, demonstrated a DragonFly 2020 3D printer... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 16, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Aerospace 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
3D printing, investments, and filaments, oh my! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Cytosurge’s FluidFM 3D printer wins an award at the IDTechEX Show!, while Print the Future is the first, and only, 3D printed furniture company to display at the largest... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 16, 2017 | 3D Printed Art, 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business
There have been many clay 3D printers over the years, from the EXtrace and the LUTUM to the 3D PotterBot and the WASP delta style clay 3D printer. But I bet they don’t all come with their own 3D model library, like the user-friendly, desktop ClayXYZ 3D Clay... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials
Tennessee 3D printing startup Collider first crossed our radar screen in early 2016, when venture capital firm Asimov Ventures invested in the hardware manufacturer, which promised high 3D printing speed and new materials. The company calls the Business Development... 
by Joris Peels | May 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Science & Technology
Our honeymoon is officially over. After a few years of being feted by the world’s media and being one of the most talked about tech subjects globally, 3D printing deception is now the norm. Inflated promises and overclaim by some vendors has led to user and... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Science & Technology
When it comes to FFF-based 3D printing methods, new machines may come out on a fairly regular basis — many of which work with unique materials incorporating everything from wood to carbon fiber to concrete and stepping away from conventional materials like PLA... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 15, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
At RAPID + TCT last week in Pittsburgh, the air was thick with announcements of the latest (and greatest?) in 3D printing. For its part, Stratasys hosted its announcements with great fanfare, and I had the opportunity to join the media crowd gathered Monday night for... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 14, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing
EOS may have stood out this week at RAPID + TCT due to its volume of announcements during an announcement-heavy show: it didn’t have anything new to highlight. The company is instead, Glynn Fletcher, President, EOS of North America, told me, bearing close... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 13, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
RAPID + TCT kept a steady pace of introductions and announcements this week, as 2017 represents a year of growth across the board. While we hear often from companies developing 3D printers and the materials that go in them, contract manufacturers have kept a lower... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 13, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business
3D printing definitely has military applications, but the technology can also be very useful in terms of helping out our local law enforcement, from making traffic stops safer and helping to identify victims of homicide, to using 3D scanners to create a virtual... 
by Sarah Saunders | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got stories on 3D printing business, a new facility, and a couple of new products. The SYNNEX Corporation announced that it is now the exclusive distributor of HP’s Jet Fusion 3D... 
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | May 12, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, 3D Software, Business, Editorials / Opinions, Exclusive Interviews, Metal 3D Printing, Science & Technology
“Like fine wine, this event continues to improve year after year,” Terry Wohlers said in his keynote at RAPID + TCT. Applause, and appreciative laughter, followed Wohlers’ statement yesterday as the gathered crowd pondered his words. No one would... 
