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3DEO’s Strategic Shift: New Leadership, Japanese Investment, and a Holistic Approach to Metal 3D Printing
3DEO, a California-based developer of unique metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology, is charting a new course with a strategic leadership change, significant investments from Japanese partners, and a broadened approach…
Convergent Manufacturing Demonstration at IMTS 2024 Brings Additive and Subtractive Technologies Together
Aristotle said the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. He must have been into manufacturing, because when technologies converge, the system accomplishes tasks the parts cannot. This…
Accelerating the Domestic Industrial Base: ATDM Director Holley on Workforce Development for Advanced Manufacturing
At this point, it’s a familiar story: the US faces a critical lack of manufacturing workers in the next decade. Estimates are that, by 2032, the nation’s manufacturing labor pool…
Strati, the World’s First 3D Printed Car, Created by a Diverse Team
In early 2014, a group of companies gathered around a technology being developed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (ORNL MDF). They had a plastic extruder from…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: June 9, 2024
It’s another busy week of 3D printing events, with a few webinars thrown in the mix as well! Advanced Manufacturing for Defense by IDGA, in collaboration with ASTM International, is…
The State of Metal 3D Printing: ADDiTEC, Nikon SLM Solutions, Additive Industries
Alongside other sectors of the additive manufacturing (AM) sector—such as materials, software, and post-processing—the metal 3D printing industry is in the process of a disruptive transformation, with technologies like directed…
Aussie RVs Receive 3D Printing Boost from $1.16M Government Grant
When air travel took a backseat during the pandemic, road trips in RVs surged in popularity. With international travel plummeting by a staggering 73% in 2020, domestic adventures on four…
First Production Metal 3D Printer Delivered by Mantle
Mantle, a Bay Area startup focused on metal 3D printing for tooling, announced that it is extending its market reach by delivering a P-200 printer and F-200 furnace to customer…
New CNC Machining Technique from Thermwood Mirrors Layered 3D Printing Processes
Machine manufacturer Thermwood has announced its latest fabrication innovation, a technique it refers to as Cut Layer Additive (CLA). The process is actually a form of CNC machining, Thermwood’s bread…
On the Ground at Zeda’s New 3D Printing Facility with Shri Shetty and Greg Morris
Last month, Silicon Valley-based PrinterPrezz and its Cincinnati, Ohio subsidiary Vertex Manufacturing announced that they were rebranding as part of their growth strategy, and Zeda was born. The California company…
MiddleGround Capital Announces Intent to Acquire 3D Printing Bureaus
The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is currently experiencing an interesting set of roll-ups related to 3D printing service bureaus. Given the pace of the sector and the number of smaller…
DMG Mori and Illinois Tech Announce Plans for National Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Illinois has long served as a hub for the United States, located partway between the financial and political centers of the East Coast and the frontiers of the West. It…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 22, 2022: Sustainability, Batteries, & More
We start with a metal AM sustainability report in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then a new 3D printing process that offers novel energy storage design options. The Navy…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 8, 2022: Sales Reps, Robotic 3D Printer, & More
We’re kicking things off with a lot of business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as nScrypt has signed new reps in four countries and B9Creations has opened a…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: August 21, 2022
We’ve got another interesting round of webinars and events coming up this week! 3D Systems is attending an investment casting expo, ASTM International has reached the end of its virtual…
Myth Busting: CNC Machining vs. 3D Printing
3D printers have quietly been transforming production lines at some of the world’s leading manufacturers. Once considered primarily for prototyping; advancements in materials and productivity have made 3D printers a…
3D Printing News Briefs, April 14, 2022: Materials & Medical Applications
We’re starting with some materials news in 3D Printing News Briefs, as Braskem has added to its filament range and ORNL has been studying a photovoltaic material. Moving on, Lumos…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 19, 2022: Metal 3D Printing, Research, & More
Kicking things off in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Sciaky will deliver what it calls the “world’s largest” metal electron beam DED 3D printer to an aerospace customer. In research,…
Which is Better, CNC or 3D Printing? The Difference between CNC Machining and 3D Printing
CNC machining and 3D printing are two common processing techniques. There are similarities and differences between them. Both of them have their own advantages and will bring benefits to the…
3D Printing vs. CNC Machining
What’s the Best Way to Make Your Part? CNC machining is a common subtractive manufacturing technology. Unlike 3D printing, the process typically begins with a solid block of material (blank)…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 20, 2021
We’ve got a lot of research to share with you today, starting with a study on scattering-aware color 3D printing and then a project with the goal of optimizing 3D…
CNC Machining, 3D Printing, or Rapid Tooling: Which Process is the Best for Prototype Manufacturing
In the manufacturing business, prototypes are a crucial part of the design process. New product inventors need to test the viability of a new part in the market before going…
Shapeways Adds Six Traditional Manufacturing Methods to Digital Platform
Less than a month ago, global digital manufacturing platform Shapeways became the latest AM industry company to announce that it was going public through an Agreement and Plan of Merger and…
Six Reasons Why 3D Printing Is the Future
It seems hard to believe that the first-ever 3D printer was created way back in 1983. In the intervening years, technology has clearly evolved, and new developments are announced almost…