automation
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…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: August 1st, 2021
There are still plenty of webinars this week, on topics like robotics and personalized medical devices, but there are also a few events to tell you about as well, including…
Digital Metal Announces Automated Depowdering for Metal Binder Jet 3D Printing
Automation is pretty important in terms of mass producing 3D printed components, and one AM company that’s all about automation is Sweden-based Digital Metal, a subsidiary of the Höganäs Group—the…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: July 18th, 2021
We’ve got another busy week of events and webinars coming up, covering topics from color 3D printing and 3D printed injection molds to SupportFree 3D printing, functional AM materials, and…
Quality Control on the Desktop: Mantis 3D Printer Has Built-in Spaghetti Detective
The industrial additive manufacturing (AM) boom has taken off, but desktop 3D printing was, in some ways, left in the dust when consumer AM was dumped or neglected by many…
Midwest Prototyping Installs AM-FLOW System to Automate 3D Printing Workflow
Automation is a hot topic in 3D printing these days, with SmarTech Analysis publishing the industry’s first report dedicated to the topic. However, we’re still in very early days both…
Festo and Solukon Partner for Automated Depowdering of Metal 3D Printed Parts
Robotics firm Festo has partnered with Solukon to develop a solution for the automated depowdering of metal 3D printed parts. The solution will build upon Solukon’s existing Smart Powder Recuperation…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 13, 2021
In this week’s events and webinars roundup, we’re covering topics like software, metal binder jetting, 3D printing for the luxury sector, and more. So let’s dive right in! What’s New…
Oceanz and AM-Flow Collaborate to Sort and Pick 3D Printed Parts Automagically
3D printing service Oceanz has implemented two AM-Flow modules, AM-VISION and AM-SORT, to automate aspects of their manufacturing workflow. AM-VISION is an automated part identification module that uses machine vision…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 23, 2021
With seven webinars and events each on May 25th and 26th, five on the 27th, and one on the 28th, I won’t waste time with a lengthy intro. Keep reading…
AZO and AddUp Partner to Automate Powder Handling for Metal 3D Printing
Metal powders are some of the most finicky materials in the 3D printing industry in that, not only do the metal particles require a high level of consistency, sphericity, and…
Kornit Digital Unveils Clothing Printing Process with 3D Printing Capabilities
3D printing and clothing manufacturing are strange bedfellows, with most marriages between the two involving some form of polymer textile that makes for interesting runway shows, but don’t seem as…
New Roboze Automate System Streamlines Industrial 3D Printing Workflow
An infrastructure is the foundation on which the structure of an economy is built, and includes a variety of systems and structures to help prop that economy up. Obviously, the…
