3d printing costs
3D Printing Webinar & Event Roundup: June 18, 2023
It’s a busy week of webinars and events in the 3D printing industry! The Paris Air Show is back, and Stratasys continues its U.S. tour, and starts Stratafest as well….
The Real Cost of 3D Printing
After reading the now famous article about a ventilator valve that can be 3D printed for $1, compared to the traditionally-manufactured valve costing $11,000, I realized that the way 3D…
Researchers Develop Helpful AMCET Tool for Estimating Total Costs of 3D Printing
While many companies are working hard to lower the overall cost of 3D printing, whether it’s through eliminating post-processing or offering less expensive materials, sometimes it’s just not possible to…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 29, 2018
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs (the last one this month, how is the summer going by so quickly?!), a few companies are announcing special honors and recognitions, and then…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 15, 2018
We’re covering news from the medical and automotive worlds in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, along with a few other stories to get you into the weekend. In Taiwan, ITRI…
Two of 3D Printing’s Biggest Lies
“Complexity is free” and “the cost is flat” are two of the biggest lies in 3D printing. Neither is true, and I’m going to prove it. Right now. MARKETING AND…
Thrinno Tells Us About New Fast Quote Design Analysis Software Aimed at Metal Additive Manufacturing Service Providers
In terms of preparing project quotations, current 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) practices revolve around either expensive, time-consuming estimates, or quick and dirty ones. But Belgian software startup Thrinno,…
Bionic Aircraft Collaborative Research Project Works to Increase the Efficiency of Aviation Resources through Additive Manufacturing
3D printing and 3D scanning technologies have been making major headway into aviation recently, and these uses are only set to expand. We have seen 3D printed airplanes before, used…
Gaining Ground: Sculpteo Releases The State of 3D Printing 2016
One thing I really appreciate about Sculpteo (as well as other companies like 3D Hubs) is that while they’re already experiencing more than enough success as an international 3D printing…
Let’s Get Real About TCO
Here in Cincinnati, we’re about to get a streetcar. Exciting, right? Never mind the fact that we used to have them decades ago, but got rid of them because buses…
Hollow Prints Save Money and Resources, i.materialise Reminds Us
Ever since I started writing about 3D printing over a year ago, I find that one of the developments I get most excited about in the 3D printing space is…
Lowering the Costs of 3D Printing through a Marriage of Nature & Mathematics
Nature is the ultimate designer; what else can we imagine could design something that is self-replicating, converts the energy of the sun to food, creates oxygen, and can last for hundreds of…
