glass fiber
New High-Temp Printer for PEEK, PEKK, and Ultem™ from 3DXTECH
Once known solely for its high-performance filaments for material extrusion 3D printers, 3DXTECH surprised the additive manufacturing (AM) industry when it shifted gears and began making the Gearbox 3D printer….
RIZE Ships First 7XC Industrial Composite 3D Printers
Boston-based 3D printer manufacturer RIZE hit a new milestone with its latest RIZE 7XC large-format 3D printer, to be shipped starting in April 2021. The sustainable fused filament fabrication (FFF)…
Startup Accelerator: Arris Composites Takes a New Approach to 3D Printing Carbon Fiber
Composites have always been a whiz bang technology that can lightweight things and give them excellent strength to weight. Widely deployed in niche applications, composites, including carbon fiber-reinforced materials, are…
Arris Receives Bosch Investment for Additive Molding Process
As noted in our series on the topic, carbon fiber 3D printing is starting to take off. There has yet to be a huge shift in the space, but we…
Bushings for Glass Fiber Production 3D Printed in Platinum-Rhodium by Cooksongold AM
Cooksongold AM and Sempsa JP, both members of the Heimerle + Meule Group, have 3D printed specialty components for glass fiber production using a platinum-rhodium alloy. The pieces, tip plates…
CRP Unveils Flame-Retardant Composite SLS Material
CRP Technology has introduced the latest in its line of specialty polymers for selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing. Windform FR2 is the most recent material from the company’s TOP-LINE…
3D Printing News Briefs: January 16, 2020
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got a little business news, followed by stories about materials, and finally ending with some 3D printed fashion. PostProcess Technologies is expanding in…
Recycling in Additive Manufacturing: Coming Full Circle with End-of-Life Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites
In the recently published ‘Remanufacturing of end-of-life glass-fiber reinforced composites via UV-assisted 3D printing,’ authors Andrea Mantelli, Marinella Levi, Stefano Turri, and Raffaella Suriano, from Politecnico di Milano, opened a…
Technical Possibilities for Making 3D Printed Engineering Components Based on Reused Polypropylene
From bacteria and metamaterials to shape-shifting and support-free, the innovative researchers at TU Delft have worked with a wide variety of 3D printing materials over the years. Now, their focus…
CRP Group Uses SLS 3D Printing and Windform Materials to Make Energica Motorcycle Components
The 3D printed Energica Ego electric motorcycle debuted in 2016 by CRP Group subsidiary Energica. The Italian company uses CRP’s advanced, high performance Windform materials to 3D print the components for the motorcycle, which…
3D Printing News Briefs: October 20, 2017
We have a lot of news to share with you in this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, ranging from 3D printers and spinal implants to new filaments…
Details Emerge on The Mark One Carbon Fiber 3D Printer: Prints using continuous fibers in user defined unidirection
Just last week, we wrote about the world’s first carbon fiber 3D printer, the Mark One. Upon the announcement there were a plethora of questions concerning the groundbreaking new technology. This…
