Automation
The ElectroVoxel: MIT Scientists 3D Print Self-Reconfiguring Robotic Cubes
The term “robot” still tends to immediately conjure up imagery of blocky, metal men who speak in mechanical voices; or perhaps, otherwise, Westworld-esque, super sophisticated cyborgs, indistinguishable from naturally-occurring Homo…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 27, 2022: Business, Simulation, Research, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with a little business, before moving on to simulation, software, research, and more. HBD Metal 3D Printer closed a $60 million round…
AMS Speaker Spotlight: How Post-processing Is Changing the 3D Printing Game—Today & Tomorrow
Felix Ewald, CEO & Co-founder of DyeMansion, will be participating in Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2022, Panel 3: Post-processing. Additive manufacturing has the potential to challenge conventional manufacturing technologies & revolutionize the…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 16, 2022: Awards, Business, Construction 3D Printing, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re sharing good news that the TCT Awards are back this year! Then on to business, as CORE Industrial has acquired another manufacturing company,…
First Acquisition Pushes Authentise Beyond 3D Printing
3D printing software developer Authentise has made its first acquisition, purchasing all assets of Elements Technology Platform, a British provider of workflow tools for manufacturing. The deal will further allow…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 5, 2022: 3D Scanning, Business, Battle Bots, & More
3D Printing News Briefs runs the gamut of topics today, as B9Creations has launched a super precise 3D scanner and SuperStile installed the Stratasys F770. A former Stratasys executive has…
Ocado’s New Warehouse Robot Features 300 3D Printed Parts
Retail and robotics company Ocado has unveiled its latest warehouse robot, the 600 Series. Cheaper and lighter than its predecessor, the 500 Series, the newest bot features over 300 parts…
Wiring and Electronics 3D Printing Startup Pulls In $2.7M Seed Investment
UK robotics company Q5D Technologies Limited closed a $2.7 million seed round to accelerate the automated manufacture of wiring harness for a wide range of products, from fighter jets to…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 29, 2022: Magnets, Materials, & More
We’re starting with some interesting research on 3D printing molecular magnets in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to materials, as the Lehvoss Group plans to present…
FDM 3D Printing Support Removal Times Cut in Half with VORSA 500
PostProcess Technologies has released its latest in its line for automated support removal for fused deposition modeling (FDM) parts. The machine is called the VORSA 500 and the company suggests…
Metal 3D Printing Quality Control Systems Developed by Materialise and Sigma Labs
Quality control has long been the Achilles heel of metal 3D printing. This is particularly true for metal powder bed fusion (PBF), where countless variables interact to make the process…
Electronics 3D Printing Lab Opened by TTM and Nano Dimension in Connecticut
Nano Dimension (Nasdaq: NNDM) is on the move, scooping up businesses and expanding the reach of its electronics 3D printing technology. The latest development from the Israeli firm is a partnership…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 8, 2021: Business, Doxing, 3D Printed Lights, & More
We’re starting with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as RadTech announced new board members and Ziggzagg is investing in AM-Flow’s workflow automation technology. Cults3D was recently in hot…
Exec Leaves Microsoft for Rocket 3D Printing at Relativity Space
Relativity Space, the Los Angeles-based startup specializing in additive manufacturing (AM) rocket parts, has announced the hiring of (now former) Microsoft executive Scott Van Vliet to run its software engineering…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 8: Armed Ground Vehicles
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
3D Printing Drone Swarms, Part 7: Ground & Sea Logistics
As we discuss in our ongoing 3D Printing Drone Swarms series, additive manufacturing (AM) will play an increasing role in the production of all manner of semi-sentient robots. This has…
2022 Predictions: 3D Printing Post-Processing
As we begin 2022, one of the most obvious trends we can see developing is in finishing components. As I’ve said before, we make the shape in the machine, but…
Typ4 Powder-Blaster: Low-Cost, High-Volume Depowdering for 3D Printing
Pulvermeister doesn’t get as much press as DyeMansion and Solukon, two other German firms working in post-processing and automation. This could change, however, because the company does have an interesting…
Authentise Partnerships Signal Maturation of 3D Printing
In two separate announcements, Authentise has told us that it has partnered with Riven and Solukon. Authentise develops manufacturing execution system (MES) software aimed at managing and optimizing your 3D…
New Quinly Wireless Hub Enables Automated 3D Printing with Raspberry Pi
Canadian technology startup 3DQue Systems Inc. has always had a major focus on automating the 3D printing process, in an effort to make innovation and high-volume printing more accessible to…
DyeMansion Advances 3D Print Post Processing at Formnext 2021
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry will get nowhere without improvements in post-processing. That’s where startups like DyeMansion come in. At Formnext 2021, the company announced several developments that signify further…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 13, 2021: Formnext News & More
Welcome to today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, or should I say 3D Printing Formnext Briefs? It’s that time of year, and we’ve got three Formnext announcements to share in this…
PrintParts and 3D Control Systems Partner to Integrate End-to-End Traceability in AM Industry
A development partnership agreement has been announced between 3D Control Systems, a San Francisco-based software company specializing in workflow management platforms for additive manufacturing, and PrintParts Inc., an AM technologies…
Formlabs Completes Large-Format SLA Ecosystem with Automated Post-Processing
Double unicorn 3D printing company Formlabs is jumping on the AM post-processing bandwagon with the launch of its Form Wash L and Form Cure L today, completing its large-format SLA…
