3d rapid prototyping

I really enjoy learning, and writing, about drones. There are a lot of applications for drone technology, ranging from the more mundane (but fun!) pizza delivery to cutting-edge drones being used…

3D printing and software company Autodesk certainly wears a lot of hats: virtual reality innovator, slicing settings expert, impactful investor, helpful volunteer…the list goes on and on. Today they’re starting a…

The quick production of a custom filter might not be something that makes the list of things that normally excite you, but this story is really more about the possibilities…

[UPDATE: The Pressa Bottle Kickstarter campaign has gone live–in the first 48 hours, it raised an impressive $10K and is well on the way to the $35K CAD funding goal….

A growing number of products are being developed thanks to rapid prototyping with 3D printers, producing better designed, more successful and higher quality products than ever before. While recently there…

While it’s widely believed that 3D printing is the future of manufacturing, the change doesn’t happen overnight. More and more, we’re hearing about companies that are slowly phasing out older…

While originally conceived as a replacement for manufacturing back in the 1980s, due to time constraints and cost 3D printing quickly became a process primarily used to quickly develop prototype…

The development of a video game is probably the last place that you would think to find rapid prototyping being used, but it turns out 3D printing played a key…

Look around your room when it’s dark. I’m willing to bet there’s more than one tiny, blinking light glowing in the darkness. From your computer, your phone, your TV –…

To get their initial concept design for a novel cooler realized as a working prototype, Nipi turned to 3D printing service provider 3D Print Bureau. And using FDM and PolyJet…

Hamburgische Schiffbau Versuchsanstalt – the Hamburg Ship Model Basin – is a private, self-supporting, nonprofit organization that provides research and consultancy services to the maritime industry around the world. The…

3D printing is already a nearly ubiquitous part of many large-scale design processes, and automotive companies like Ford have been some of the earliest adopters of the technology. The ability…

One of the major benefits of 3D printing is its capacity to facilitate entrepreneurship, to convert a fledgling cottage industry into a viable competitor in virtually any industry. Whereas a…

In a groundbreaking move – literally – a Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada-based company has produced 3D printed parts to help test a high-tech crop seeding system. Framework Animation Ltd. say they…

Rapid prototyping was one of the earliest adopters of 3D printing technology, and for good reason. Not only does additive manufacturing have a significant advantage in the speed department over…

3D printed products have made some amazing headway in critical applications. We’ve seen fantastic, futuristic uses in the medical and aerospace fields, to name just a couple. And of course…

Rapid Prototyping is aggressively transforming manufacturing industries, posing an intensive threat to conventional approaches. Despite a costly investment, manufacturers continue to adopt rapid prototyping as a means to evaluate the…