3D Printing Materials
Launcher a space start up making..3D Printed Rocket Engines
Launcher inc. is a company making metal 3D printed rocket engines. The so far operating under the radar firm has spent the past year using EOS metal 3D printers to make rocket components. They’ve then done firing tests with these components and are inching close...
Victrex Introduces New PAEK 3D Printing Materials
UK company Victrex has been a material supplier for more than three decades, specializing in high performance, high-temperature materials, in particular, PEEK part of the PAEK family of materials. Now the company has developed new materials for additive manufacturing,...
FEMTOPrint’s Technology Used to Help Produce 3D Printed Glass Molds for Droplet Microfluidic Chips
Swiss high-tech company FEMTOprint, dedicated to contract manufacturing of 3D printed microdevices in glass and other transparent materials, worked with Galatea Lab, Instant Lab and the Jules-Gonin Ophthalmic Hospital this past winter to explore how 3D printing could...
Developer of Printoid App Introduces New App for Managing Your 3D Printing Filament Spools
Two years ago, Android software engineer and OctoPrint fan Anthony Stephan, who’s based out of France, developed an Android app for OctoPrint called Printoid that provides direct access to the OctoPrint server and has features such as video streaming and a 3D...
3D Printing News Briefs: July 20, 2018
We’re starting out with some construction news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then following that with a little business, a little metal, and a little 3D design. Russian firm AMT-SPETSAVIA has updated two of its construction 3D printers, and the...
Metal 3D Printing Material Scalmalloy Could be the Aircraft Material of the Future
Aviation is one of the many industries around the world that’s increasing its adoption of 3D printing, which can be used to create the lightweight components and complex parts that are necessary for an airplane. The technology makes these parts with repeatable...
New Research Shows That Novel Honeytube Structures Provide Superior Energy Absorption for 3D Printed Objects
Many industries, like automotive, robotics, and aerospace, are constantly looking for ways to make their various components and parts more lightweight. 3D printing can help with this, as it has the ability to fabricate hollow objects, which cut not only costs by...
Adaptive3D CEO Discusses the Chemistry of 3D Printing Materials
In April of this year, Dallas, Texas company Adaptive3D launched what it said was the highest-strain 3D printable photopolymer in the world. Dr. Walter Voit, CEO of Adaptive3D, played a big role in the development of the material, called ToughRubber, and recently...
New Research Paper Takes In-Depth Look at Challenges and Benefits of 3D Printed Pharmaceuticals
It might seem like a strange idea when you first think about it, but using 3D printing to fabricate pharmaceuticals actually makes sense for several beneficial reasons, including lower production costs, feasible small batch manufacturing, and the ability to...
Breakthrough Made in 3D Printing White and Brightly Colored Objects with Polymer Powder
Selective laser sintering is becoming an increasingly popular method of 3D printing, due to its numerous advantages: it produces parts with high strength and stiffness, is capable of creating extremely complex geometries, and requires no supports and therefore very...
CSMX4 Single Crystalline Superalloy Cannot be Welded, but Works Well with Additive Manufacturing
Metal additive manufacturing is both an art and a science, and an area of study that is constantly growing and evolving as new materials are developed. In a new research paper entitled “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of CSMX-4 Single Crystals Prepared...
Dymax Discusses Bomar Oligomers, the Foundation of Many 3D Printing Materials
Plastic 3D printing relies on light-sensitive materials that are cured, or hardened, when exposed to light. Whether that’s FDM, SLA, DLP, or other, newer technologies, these materials are the basis of the final objects we see coming off of 3D printers. Dymax is...
GE Additive Announces New 3D Printing Agreement with Eaton, Relocates Gas Atomization Materials Equipment to AP&C
Since announcing an increased focus on 3D printing last spring, GE Additive has been busy making good on its announcement, acquiring and partnering with other companies in the industry, introducing new 3D printers left and right, and opening a new Customer Experience...
Use of Simulation to Evaluate How Well 3D Printing Bioinks Work
Plenty of research has been completed regarding the different materials we use to create biomedical parts. Many innovative bioinks – biomaterials loaded with cells to 3D print biological structures – have been developed for 3D bioprinting purposes, from...
Aniwaa Rebrands, Adds Virtual and Augmented Reality Comparison Engine
Startup Aniwaa was formed with the goal of allowing users to compare 3D printers and 3D scanners all in one place, in order to find the best equipment for their needs. Now, after a recent round of funding, Aniwaa is expanding its database to include virtual, augmented...
Global Environment Concerns Support R&D for Plastic Recycling in 3D Printing
A recent series of major developments and events has created a new impetus for 3D printing plastic recycling. 3D printing of recycled plastics has multiple benefits, including lower costs and control over the amount of materials that can be used by 3D printers....
Gold Nanoparticles Illuminate Defects in 3D Printed Objects
Defects in 3D printed parts can cause all sorts of problems, but they’re often so small that they can’t be easily detected, if at all. Vanderbilt University researchers are the latest to tackle the issue of detecting defects in 3D printed objects, and have...
Estonian Researchers Create 3D Printable Peat Mixture for Cost-Effective Home Construction
By using 3D printing to fabricate structures ranging from hotels and houses to bridges and bus stops, the global construction industry is able to lower costs and increase production speeds, along with making improved, eco-friendly structures with better designs and...
Formlabs Introduces New Castable Wax Resin for 3D Printing Jewelry
Formlabs has built its success not only on its high-quality 3D printers, the SLA Form 2 and the SLS Fuse 1, but its wide variety of materials, to which the company is constantly adding. It introduced two new resins at the beginning of the year, then followed up with a...
Direct Ink Writing Process for 3D Printing Mechanoluminescent Objects
Way back in 1605, English philosopher, statesman, and scientist Francis Bacon first demonstrated the phenomenon of mechanoluminescence – light emission resulting from a mechanical action on a solid – by breaking apart sugar crystals. Since that time,...
TU Wien Research Team Develops Method for High-Resolution 3D Printing of Tough, Homogenous Photopolymers
The Technical University of Vienna (TU Wien) in Austria has completed plenty of research about unique 3D printing materials, such as magnets, over the years. Now, researchers are working on a method for high-resolution 3D printing of homogenously crosslinked, tough,...
ECCO Steps Forward with 3D Printed Custom Silicone Midsoles
German company ViscoTec, which manufactures systems required for conveying, dosing, applying, filling, and emptying medium to high-viscosity fluids for multiple industries, including automotive, medical, and aerospace, is well-known in the 3D printing world for its...
Nano Sun Opens 3D Printing Facility to Manufacture New Water Treatment Membranes
Five years ago, Dr. Darren Sun, an Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, and Wong Ann Chai founded a university spin-off company called Nano Sun that’s focused on water treatment technology; the startup was later acquired...
AM.NUS’ New Construction 3D Printing Programme Starts Out in the Toilet
3D printing has enabled the construction industry to lower costs and ramp up production speeds, along with using better building materials and designs to make improved, eco-friendly structures. The Centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM.NUS) at the National University...
Oceanz and Cooperative DOOR Partner to Stop Food Waste with 3D Printed Vegetables
I recently saw a viral tweet circulating that read, “My waiter asked, ‘Now, do we want straws OR do we want to save the turtles?’ and honestly we all deserve that environmental guilt trip.” I don’t know if this conversation actually took...
