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Air Force Research Laboratory Testing 3D Printed Parts for Motors

In ‘3D Printed Motor: In-House Seedling Effort: Experiential Training for Building and Experimentally Testing a Motor Using 3D Printed Elements,’ authors Kevin J. Yost and Maxwell Stelmack discuss what they…

Researchers Create First Fully 3D Printed Electric Motor

At the Chemnitz University of Technology, another first has been achieved: researchers from the Professorship of Electrical Energy Conversion Systems and Drives have created the first fully 3D printed electric motor….

‘Unbreakable’ Lorenz SZ42 Encryption Machine to be Resurrected with 3D Printed Motor

One of the greatest gifts that 3D printing has brought to the modern world is the conquering of obsolescence. We’ve seen this repeatedly, for auto and jet parts—and more. Now, 3D…

3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — December 31, 2016

With the New Year right around the corner, it’s time for the 3D printing industry to start building on this last solid year towards an even bigger and brighter 2017. On this…

3D Printed V8 Solenoid Engine: Another Intricately Engineered Project from Sgt. Enochs

Sergeant Bryan Enochs is at it again. We’ve followed him previously in an endeavor that involved an incredibly intricate 3D printed carousel, made on his two MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printers….

You Too Can Make This 3D Printed Mendecino Solar Motor Easily & Affordably

While we can all agree that solar energy is an attractive venture all around–harnessing the power of our sun, radiating its powerful and free energy down upon us–it’s just not…

This New 3D Printed Stepper Motor Uses LEDs to Show Exactly How It Works

When you think about it, most of us use electronics on a daily basis without fully understanding how they actually work. In fact, the majority of us are probably clueless…

Maker 3D Prints His Own Stepper Motor

Instructables member Proto G isn’t just out there enjoying a passion for making, he’s passing it on to the rest of the community, in proffering a way not just to…

The 3D Printed Reciprocated Electric Motor by the Android Man, Mark Miller

Mark Miller, otherwise known as the Android Man, is a self-taught builder of robotics, animatronics, art and automation. “I love making things. I am always looking for new opportunities,” Miller…

Open Some Wormholes in Space With This Working 3D Printed Stargate Mechanism

Okay, this device won’t actually open any wormholes, that title may have been a little but misleading, sorry about that. But this moving, light-up Stargate device is still a pretty…

Chinese Company 3D Prints An Entire Engine

If there was one 3D printer manufacturer in China who has really taken its technology to grand heights, it would probably be a company called Winbo Smart Tech Co.,Ltd. Not…

Maker 3D Prints His Own Electrostatic Motor

As the quest to develop alternative and renewable energy sources continues, one of the promising options that has emerged–or reemerged, actually–is power generated by electrostatic motors. Instructables contributor “Joehan” submitted…

Inventor 3D Prints Solar Powered Motors Meant to Run Non-Stop for 100 Years

We all have our own wishes and goals regarding posterity, as well as how we might want to ‘go out,’ whether that’s in a blaze of glory or maintained in…

Amazing 3D Printed 4-Foot-Tall Outboard Boat Motor Was Printed in 115 Pieces, Taking 250 Hours

3D printing is currently in its infancy, particularly when it comes to creating functional end-use products. Sure, there are some really cool devices and gadgets which have been fabricated on…

Race Car With Over 360 3D Printed Parts on Display at Chinese Expo

There are so many benefits to 3D printing within the manufacturing space. It all just depends what you are using the technology for. Within the aerospace industry we repeatedly hear…

German Engineer 3D Prints World’s First Solar Powered Stirling Engine

Each and every day, I am blown away in yet another way by all of the new innovations that have quickly been coming into existence within the 3D printing space….

Thingiverse User 3D Prints and Assembles Magnetically Levitated Simple Pulse Motor

Covering the news and never ending stream of interesting projects involving 3D printing I get to see so much. From 3D printed cars to houses to applications in space, 3D…

Perpetual Motion? A 3D Printed Micro Amp Motor

If you could 3D print your own micro amp motor, how would you use it? Motors are used in so many common household objects that we take them for granted…