automation
French DARPA to Drive Automated 2D-to-3D 3D Printing Software
The French Defense Innovation Agency, along with Spare Parts 3D and the University for Research in Automated Production (LURPA) at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Sarclay, have announced that they’ve…
3D Printed Lab-On-Chip Breakthrough Achieved by USC Researchers
The 3D printing sector has obviously gone through a drastic evolution in the past several years. Nevertheless, there’s still ample reason to believe that neither the technology nor the industry…
Siemens Partners with Roboze to Automate 3D Printing
Siemens and Roboze have announced that they are collaborating to develop workflows dedicated to the industrialization of 3D printing. This includes an emphasis on expanding the use of the technology…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 26, 2022: Bioprinting, Microgravity, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Oerlikon and the Technical University of Munich are founding an advanced manufacturing institute together. In bioprinting news, Fluicell just launched a new system, a…
Ford Uses Roving Robot to Run Carbon 3D Printers
Collaborative robots are very much in demand now but they often lack the systems to integrate well with existing automation and processes. Now however, Ford reports that it has a…
AMS Speaker Spotlight: How Post-processing Is Changing the 3D Printing Game—Today & Tomorrow
Felix Ewald, CEO & Co-founder of DyeMansion, will be participating in Additive Manufacturing Strategies 2022, Panel 3: Post-processing. Additive manufacturing has the potential to challenge conventional manufacturing technologies & revolutionize the…
FDM 3D Printing Support Removal Times Cut in Half with VORSA 500
PostProcess Technologies has released its latest in its line for automated support removal for fused deposition modeling (FDM) parts. The machine is called the VORSA 500 and the company suggests…
2022 Predictions: 3D Printing Post-Processing
As we begin 2022, one of the most obvious trends we can see developing is in finishing components. As I’ve said before, we make the shape in the machine, but…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 1st, 2022: CES 2022, Standards, Business, & More
Happy New Year! We’re starting with this week’s CES 2022 in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to a new AM standard and business news from Roboze and…
Typ4 Powder-Blaster: Low-Cost, High-Volume Depowdering for 3D Printing
Pulvermeister doesn’t get as much press as DyeMansion and Solukon, two other German firms working in post-processing and automation. This could change, however, because the company does have an interesting…
2022 Predictions: 3D Printing for Series Production of Metal Parts
It’s time to gaze into the tea leaves and imagine a bright future for 3D printing. In this article, we will be looking specifically at predictions, trends, and developments in…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: December 12, 2021
As we get closer to the end of 2021, it seems like the number of webinars and events are slowing down ever so slightly. But we still have plenty to…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: November 28, 2021
AM industry events and webinars are back with a vengeance this week as we move into the busy holiday season and this week’s roundup. Topics include everything from standards in…
ASTM’s ICAM 2021: 3D Printing Economics & Sustainability Considerations
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 2021 International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (ICAM), hosted by ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AMCOE) in Anaheim, California. The event,…
3D Printing Formnext Announcements: Fabrica Group, BOFA, Wayland Additive, & Mimaki
Just a few days out from the main event in Frankfurt, and we’re still hearing more and more Formnext announcements every day. The Formnext 2021: AM live and in color…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 31, 2021
Happy Halloween, and welcome to this week’s webinar and event roundup! We’ve got several multi-day events, both in-person and online, to tell you about, starting with ICAM 2021, and then…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 10, 2021
We’ve got another crazy busy week of 3D printing webinars and events coming up, so let’s just dive right in to all of the details! European Military AM Symposium First…
RAPID + TCT 2021: Markforged Talks New Eiger Fleet 3D Printing Software
The RAPID + TCT 2021 three-day event delivered a considerable influx of products from 3D printing companies, including Markforged’s new cloud-based software solution for its printers called Eiger Fleet. In…
3D Systems at RAPID + TCT 2021: Oqton Acquisition & David Leigh Interview
In early September, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced an agreement to acquire software startup Oqton, a global SaaS company that offers an agnostic, intelligent, cloud-based Manufacturing Operating System (MOS) platform which automates the end-to-end…
Materialise Releases Software Module for Dental 3D Printing
Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS) is already the established leader in 3D printing software. Now, it’s taking the interesting course of developing software for select industries. The latest is the newly announced…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 12, 2021
Buckle your seatbelts, it’s going to be a busy week of webinars and events, both virtual and in-person! RAPID + TCT and FABTECH will both be held in-person this week…
24/7 3D Printing Possible for Ultimaker 5S Thanks to Quinly Software
Do you want to run your Ultimaker S5 the smart way and have it printing 24/7 without an operator? 3DQue Systems Inc. is working to make that possible with the…
Concrete 3D Printing and Robots: Diamond Age Receives $8M in Seed Funding
Yet another additive construction startup is joining the increasingly competitive, yet still niche segment. Diamond Age is presenting itself as a “full stack robotics” firm aiming to automate the construction…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 4, 2021: Metal Binder Jetting and More
We’ve got business, materials, and more in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with Sandvik announcing the acquisition of DWFritz. Moving on, Xometry can now instantly provide price quotes for…
