3D Printing
by Charles Goulding | 4 hours ago | 3D Printing, Business, Metal 3D Printing
The September/October issue of the Harvard Business Review contains multiple articles on GE’s complete business makeover including an article authored by outgoing CEO Jeff Immelt himself written concurrently with his retirement. Immelt described how as part of...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
Welcome to the Friday edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, where we are all business, all the time…except for a little news on 3D printing materials, that is. BASF acquires the Solvay polyamide business, OMNI3D names its new CEO, and AP&C has received an...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Bicycles are great to have – they’re fun, they’re good exercise, and they’re an eco-friendly way to travel. If you’re planning to take a bike somewhere far away, though, you’d better have a way to mount it on your car, because they...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, Robotics, Science & Technology
These days, you don’t often see a person standing alone on the side of the highway with their arm out and their thumb up, looking to hitch a ride – by now, we all know the many potential dangers of both offering or accepting a ride. I think Phoebe says it...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
What do you look for in a toothbrush? I’m not too picky, myself – I like a toothbrush that will last a while, and that doesn’t cost too much. I also prefer the angled bristles. That’s about it – but if you’re someone who considers...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
We’re seeing a lot of 3D printed eyewear these days. The global eyewear industry is valued at more than $100 billion by some estimates, making the customization offered via 3D printing a major opportunity for the industry as a whole to get ahead. There are 3D...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Technology company McLaren Technology Group is made up of three divisions: McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and McLaren Applied Technologies. 3D printing is a major technology used by the company; a partnership with Stratasys has seen McLaren’s Formula 1 team...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials
From cars, yachts, and drones to wheelchairs, bikes, and even small, lifelike heads, 3D printing has been taking the world of competitive racing by storm over the last few years. Ten Kate Racing, the Official Honda World Superbike Team and multiple champion in the...
by Clare Scott | Sep 22, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
A lot of business is done via video these days, and if you’ve ever had to make a video presentation or speech, you’ll know that it’s not much less intimidating than making one in person. There’s still a lot to remember, which almost makes you...
by Charles Goulding | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Business
3D printers are being used by innovators to produce a variety of products in the wine making industry. The wine related sector in the United States is a large industry; the Napa Valley, California area alone generates over $2 billion in sales around wine making. Wine...
by Clare Scott | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, Business
By now, there are several companies working in the field of 3D printed construction, offering giant 3D printers capable of laying down foundations and walls faster than human hands can manage. One of the first to make a name for itself, though, was Apis Cor, a startup...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), part of the DOE‘s complex of national laboratories and the top laboratory in the US for nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment, has been involved with 3D printing technology in the nuclear power...
by Clare Scott | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing
As the TCT Show approaches, we’re looking forward to getting an in-person look at quite a few new 3D printers, as there are plenty of brand new machines being introduced to the public next week. We’ve already learned about a few of them, and news about...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Metal 3D Printing
Metal 3D printing company Formalloy, established last January in sunny San Diego, has been keeping very busy. In addition to developing and then showcasing its flagship A222 3D printer, which uses Formalloy’s patented laser metal deposition (LMD) technology, at...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
We first heard about Plumen, a designer low energy lighting company, two years ago, when it worked with designers at Formaliz3d to develop the 3D printed Kayan lampshade for its ecological light bulbs. Plumen believes that the best way to get people to use energy...
by Bridget Butler Millsaps | Sep 21, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
MX3D is famous for a unique 3D printing process that not only extrudes filament straight into thin air but is industrial strength too. With no need for support structures and the ability to 3D print with metal, MX3D developed Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing, or...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Metal 3D Printing
Developing a new material for 3D printing isn’t easy – especially metal materials. Creating a new metal powder for 3D printing is a complex and delicate process that requires a great deal of knowledge about material properties, how materials react to...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Business, Medical 3D Printing, Metal 3D Printing
In the winter of 2016, medical device manufacturing company Stryker decided to commit to 3D printing and announced the launch of a 3D printed spinal implant, as well as a planned 3D printing manufacturing facility. Soon after, the company’s Spine division...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing
3D printing tradeshows are always exciting, and so are the days leading up to them, as that’s when news of the new products that will be unveiled starts to come out. 3DPrint.com will be attending the TCT Show in Birmingham, UK next week, and there’s going...
by Sarah Anderson Goehrke | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Exclusive Interviews
User-favorite SOLIDWORKS recently announced software updates to the frequently-used platform for the 2018 edition. With several big themes and myriad projects bundled into these updates, a quick overview isn’t enough to dive in to all that the industrious team...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Printing Materials, Metal 3D Printing
2017 has been a year of expansion for ExOne, particularly in the US, as the company announced its plans to expand its Michigan and Texas production service centers at the beginning of the year. ExOne has been seeing growth for quite a while, with outstanding revenues...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is capable of swimming faster than just about any other human – or at least he was. Phelps’ top speed is about six miles per hour, but engineers Ryan and David of Eclectical Engineering have topped that with a speed of 6.25...
by Sarah Saunders | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Aerospace 3D Printing
A team of researchers from the Palermo Astronomical Observatory, the University of Palermo, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics wanted to get a better understanding of what happens between two stars in a close orbit, or binary star system, when...
by Clare Scott | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Printers, 3D Printing, Sponsored
Four times a year, 3D Hubs releases a 3D Printing Trends report detailing the most popular 3D printers and materials among 3D Hubs community members. The 3D Hubs community is a good microcosm of the 3D printing world as a whole, and these reports are excellent looks...
by Saadia Khalid | Sep 20, 2017 | 3D Design, 3D Printing, Education
If you haven’t already signed up to take the next step in your 3D printing skills with our 3D Printing for Prototyping and Production course yet, now is the time! The course, which runs for 3 weeks, features 6 industry experts who will deliver incisive, insightful...
by Clare Scott | Sep 19, 2017 | 3D Printing, 3D Software, Business, Medical 3D Printing
Dental procedures are rarely easy or pleasant for patients, but things are getting easier all the time for dental professionals. The dental 3D printer market is growing at lightning speed as practitioners discover how convenient it is to 3D print surgical guides,...
