3d materials

Guide to Selecting and Buying 3D Printing Filament in 2018

Your priority was likely finding the right 3D printer to match your requirements and budget. But what often gets less attention is the filament you feed through it. After all,…

Advanced 3D Printing Materials: Oxford Performance Materials Commercializes Proprietary OXPEKK Custom Compounds

As additive manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, begins to find more applications, there becomes an apparent need for higher-performance materials. Oxford Performance Materials Inc. (OPM), based out of South…

Emerging Objects Lets GCode Run Wild in Extruded Clay Experimental Project

California-based Emerging Objects is possibly one of the studios that has experimented most deeply with 3D printing materials and processes, with several impressive projects published worldwide. Ronald Rael and Virginia…

TreeD Turns Japanese with High-Temp PLA and Biodegradable Flex Filaments

Filament manufacturer TreeDFilaments has made a name for itself for proposing a wide range of exotic filaments to the market, from mineral based to high strength technical materials. For its latest products the company has turned to the Far East for inspiration by launching the new Shogun Superior PLA and kyotoflex ecologic flexible materials.

Make Your Own 3D Printer Filament with Pastor Glenn’s Filament Extruder

3D printing could never be called an inexpensive hobby unless your last name starts with a “Rocke” and ends in a “feller.” While 3D printers themselves are rapidly dropping in…

Materialise Enhances Concept Laser Metal 3D Printing with New Build Processor

Are you working in metal 3D printing? If you are using technology from Concept Laser, the new build processor from Materialise is going to be making that process even better, simplifying…

Kudo3D Announces Castable Resin, Smaller Build Platform Availability for Fine Detail 3D Printing

San Francisco-based 3D printer manufacturer Kudo3D is continuing its growth phase and paving the way for higher quality, more detailed 3D printing. In May, we reported on Kudo3D as they neared the…