3d printer filament

Graphene 3D Lab’s New Scorpion Flexible Nylon Filament Takes the Sting Out of Adhesion Issues

One of the most interesting companies on the radar right now, at least in terms of material development, is Graphene 3D Lab. Not only has the New York company been actively…

ColorFabb Announces New Advanced Co-Polyester 3D Printer Filament colorFabb HT

One of the fastest growing areas of the 3D printing industry is in the development of filaments and materials. Only a few years ago most 3D printers would only have…

How Filament Thickness Sensors Can Change 3D Printing

If you have any 3D printing experience, you already know that one of the key aspects of a high-quality 3D print job is the proper thickness of the object’s walls….

Zortrax Announces 350% Increase in 3D Printer Material Sales, Adds a Second US Distributor

Polish manufacturer Zortrax seems to be getting more and more popular by the second. In December they announced that sales of their flagship M200 3D printer had tripled from 2014 to…

Adam Beane Industries Teases a New 3D Printer Filament You Can Sculpt

I took several ceramics classes in high school and college, and I loved working with clay. It’s such a forgiving medium; mistakes can be easily smoothed over, reformed, and made…

Graphene 3D Lab Introduces New, Powerful Magnetic Filament

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve written about Graphene 3D Lab, which is kind of unusual; since their inception in 2014, they’ve been steadily pumping out new product after…

How Much Can You 3D Print with One Roll of PLA? Collaborative Art Project Intends to Find Out

Do you keep track of how long it takes you to get through a single roll of filament? What about the number of objects you can print with it? If…

Sustainable Star Wars: BioInspiration Experiments with Their Compostable WillowFlex Filament

I’m not sure how Darth Vader feels about environmental issues. My guess is that he doesn’t give a bantha’s behind about the ecological impact of his actions, considering his penchant…

New Filaments from M3D Provide the Benefits of ABS and PLA without the Drawbacks

If you’re a Kickstarter fan, especially one who follows 3D printing, you’ll remember the record-shattering Kickstarter campaign by M3D. The campaign, designed around the innovative Micro 3D printer, reached its $50,000…

NinjaTek Announces the Release of Two New Filaments at CES 2016

In September, Fenner Drives announced the creation of NinjaTek, a separate division dedicated to 3D printing materials. The large manufacturing corporation had been a successful provider of parts and materials…

A Look at Taulman 3D’s Continued Innovation Within the 3D Printing Filament Market

With the sheer number of 3D printer models now available, one would think, there should certainly be a “best printer”. But as those us who follow 3DPrint.com know, while there are certainly…

Wound Up — 3Dom USA’s New Coffee 3D Printer Filament Takes Bio-materials to the Next Level

Materials, materials, materials! That’s what 2015 seems to be all about within the FDM/FFF 3D printing space. While hardware manufacturers battle it out for the fastest, most accurate, most affordable…

3devo’s NEXT 1.0 High End Filament Extruder Hits Kickstarter Tomorrow

When it comes to desktop FDM/FFF 3D printers, we have continued to see the prices of these machines drop significantly over the past couple of years. Now, virtually anyone can…

Aleph Objects Partners with ProtoPlant to Offer Proto-pasta Line of Premium, Specialty Filaments

When it comes to makers of quality 3D printers that are capable of printing with a variety of innovative materials, there is no company that we have covered that has received as…

3Dom USA Unveils Glass Filled PLA 3D Printer Filament

The filaments space has been heating up as of late as numerous companies compete in an expanding market that could be worth billions of dollars over the next decade. While…

Kanèsis Looks to Bring Hemp Filament to Market for 3D Printing Hemp Drones & Much More

Cannabis has been in the news quite a bit lately, mostly for issues related to marijuana. Whether it has been the use of marijuana for medical purposes or for recreational…

The Filament Safe Protects 3D Printer Filament from Damage, Kit Now on Kickstarter

How many of us have toiled away perfecting 3D models, prepping for 3D printing, excitedly supervising a print–and then discovering with tremendous disappoint that the final print did not meet…

3Dom USA Announces the Eco-Spool – Environmentally Friendly 3D Printing Filament Spools

As more and more people begin purchasing and using desktop 3D printers, the more filament is being consumed. While, much of this filament, specifically PLA, is considered to be environmentally friendly,…

3D Printing Filament Trends & Stats for April 2015 & a New Filament Database is Launched

As 3D printing filament options continue to expand for the FDM/FFF desktop 3D printer market, consumers are beginning to have a more difficult time trying to figure out exactly which…

Chenyue Technology Company Unveils New Flexible, Transparent 3D Printer Filament

I recall when I first began looking into desktop 3D printers about three years ago, the material options available for most machines were either ABS or PLA, and a variety…

MyMiniFactory Wants to Give You Free Filament

Let’s be honest, 3D printing is not by any stretch of the imagination an especially affordable or inexpensive hobby. While there are a few decent sub-$1000 desktop 3D printers on…

Ira3D Announces Poetry2 3D Printer & 9 New Exotic Filaments

Time and time again we’ve stressed how important the materials sector of the 3D printing space has become. As new materials come to market, new applications for 3D printing emerge,…

German RepRap Slashing Premium PLA Filament Prices 40%

At first, just the concept of 3D printing and what we could do with it was the focus. That still reigns true in the highest echelons of additive manufacturing where…

Taulman3D Releases Nylon 680 3D Printer Filament — FDA Approved for Food Contact & More

When it comes to the material science behind 3D printer filaments, few companies, if any, have the experience that taulman3D does. They have released some of the most versatile filaments…