RAPID 2016
Around the World in 3D Printing: 2016 in Review
Throughout the last 12 months, we’ve been following growth in every aspect of the 3D printing industry, from hardware introductions to software developments to new materials set to bring new…
Hangzhou: 2016 Shining 3D Global Partner Summit to Host 77 Experts from 3D Technology Industry
We report on a multitude of shows, conferences, and expos occurring around the world that are relevant to the 3D printing industry, but from July 27-28, experts from around the…
Promoting 3D Printing With 3D Printing
It seems any time a conversation about desktop 3D printing comes up, somebody will utter the words, “toys & tchotchkes.” You can almost feel the air deflate from the conversation….
High Speed Investment Casting: EnvisionTEC Unveils Micro Plus cDLM 3D Printer for Jewelry at JCK Las Vegas
EnvisionTEC has been busy heating up the 3D printing industry all year, adding to both their industrial and desktop 3D printer lineups, as well as partnering in new materials development, and making…
RAPID 2016: Conversations with Materialise, Stratasys, 3D Systems, & Carbon
It’s the worst-kept secret here at 3DPrint.com: RAPID 2016 was a busy time! Clare and I were kept on our toes two weeks ago in Orlando, where we were treated…
Artec 3D Releases Studio 11 Software, Highlighting Autopilot Feature for Speedier Workflow
Considering all that has been accomplished throughout recent years with Artec handheld scanners, one can scarcely imagine the heights they will reach with the new Studio 11 software, just released. This is a…
SME Announces Additive Manufacturing Community Awards at RAPID 2016, Including EOS Founder Hans Langer
For more than eighty years SME, formerly known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has been one of the manufacturing industry’s top advocacy and educational organizations, and has helped encourage…
Up Close and Personal with 3D Systems’ ProX DMP 320 Metal 3D Printer: Yeah, It’s Pretty Cool
Sometimes it’s not the flashy things that make you really appreciate 3D printing. Sure, the beautiful and intricate jewelry, the precisely replicated organ models, and the designer prosthetics never stop…
Incredible nScrypt Hybrid 3D Printer Takes Top Honors at RAPID 2016 Innovation Auditions Competition
A trend that I find very pleasing is one showing up with increasing frequency in 3D printing and other technology-based trade shows and exhibitions. I’m talking about the innovation competition,…
RAPID 2016: In Photos
Writer Clare and I had a very busy week at RAPID 2016 in Orlando, and we’ve been trying to keep you all abreast of some of the fantastic sights we…
No News is Great News: Catching Up with Autodesk & Ultimaker at RAPID
RAPID 2016 has come and gone like a lightning storm: fast, furious, and flashy. We were on the scene in Orlando, as well as keeping close to our computers for…
A Preview of Artec 3D’s Studio 11 Software for the Masses at RAPID 2016
I know I’ve said it a few times already in the past few days, but I’ll say it again: I met too many interesting people last week at RAPID 2016. I…
Mixed Metals, Magnets and Open Materials: A Look at Emerging New Company Formalloy at RAPID 2016
One of the great things about conferences like last week’s RAPID 2016 is the new discoveries, the companies and products that are just emerging but that you can sense are…
3D Printed Fashion Hit the Runway at RAPID 2016
PHEW. I’m back in my office now after a whirlwind of a week at RAPID, held in Orlando this year. We’ve been keeping you up to date on some of…
Additive Industries Re-Opens the Beta for Their Modular Automated MetalFAB1 3D Printing and Manufacturing System
Last year Additive Industries announced a new beta program for their automated MetalFAB1 industrial metal 3D printing system. The MetalFAB1 system is an interconnected group of powder-based metal 3D printing…
The LulzBot TAZ 6 3D Printer is Now Available for Purchase, Debuts at RAPID 2016
Yesterday, May 17th, the LulzBot TAZ 6 desktop 3D printer was officially made available for purchase from LulzBot.com and through their reseller partners. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2015’s best reviewed desktop…
EnvisionTEC at RAPID 2016: New SLCOM 1 3D Printer on Display, Announcing Other Updates & Partnerships
If you are a visitor at the RAPID 2016 convention in Orlando this week from May 16-19th, then you are probably in a state of complete overstimulation from the vast…
Unveilings and Excitement are Everywhere at RAPID 2016!
After an unexpected and unpleasant mid-May snow in Ohio, it was a relief to get on a plane and travel to 90-degree Orlando, Florida for the RAPID 2016 3D Manufacturing Event,…
Transform Your 3D Print Textures with Sculpteo Smoothing Beautifier, Unveiled at RAPID Today
From filling us in on the state of the 3D printing industry with helpful data reports to the best way for fabricating a quality Rubik’s cube, Sculpteo is one of those…
RAPID 2016: 3D Systems to Rule with Booths, Exhibits, Hardware Displays, Tours & Talks
News has been flooding in regarding companies from the 3D printing realm who will be attending RAPID 2016 to be held in the Sunshine State—as Orlando plays host to this…
3D Printing: The Stories We Didn’t Cover This Week — May 14
This week’s news includes a couple of stories about Stratasys, including a partnership with Fuji Xerox to promote 3D printing in Australia, but these aren’t the only companies with their sights on 3D…
Metal 3D Printing: Israel’s XJet to Showcase NanoParticle Jetting Technology at RAPID 2016
Israel’s XJet, becoming quite well-known for their Inkjet liquid metal 3D printing technology, is a company I suddenly find myself both reading and writing about more often. Currently though, the…
RAPID 2016: Cosine Additive to Be Accompanied by Essentium Materials This Year, Showcasing New Materials & 3D Printing
Last year we checked in with Cosine Additive not long after they had unveiled their large scale AdditiveMachine1 3D printer at the RAPID show in California. As many months have gone…
SME Addresses Parental Misconceptions about Manufacturing Jobs
Early Industrial America was a rough place to work for children. There weren’t labor laws, and families were forced to work in dangerous and unhealthy conditions, sometimes losing body parts and…
