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University of Texas at Arlington architecture Professor Shadi Nazarian is heading up a consortium to 3D print cork and concrete in Alaska. The light, well-insulating composite should be well suited…
Tectonic 3D Aims to Revolutionize High Performance Filaments for 3D Printing
Tectonic-3D is on a mission to transform the material extrusion sector. This Eindhoven-based firm, with its seasoned team of business experts and engineers, plans to introduce a new range of…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 1st, 2022: Flight-Ready Parts, Rapid Prototyping, & More
America Makes has announced its new Executive Committee members, and PUNCH Torino and Roboze are partnering up to increase the adoption and improve the process of FFF 3D printing. Those…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 30, 2022: Nuclear Power Filters, Fuzzy Filament, & More
We’re starting with a 3D printed part for the nuclear powder industry in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then we’ll move on to two separate research projects, before ending with…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: March 13, 2022
We’ve got a busy week of webinars and virtual events ahead, covering topics from polymer 3D printing, improving patient screening with 3D CT scans, DfAM, LinkedIn branding, manufacturing workflow management,…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 30, 2021: Research, Turbine Repair, & More
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is a little bit of everything, starting with a research paper on 3D printing tungsten carbide surfaces with extreme wear resistivity. Moving on, a runner…
Las Vegas Raiders Unveil World’s “Tallest” 3D Printed Structure at New Stadium
A lot of sports fans from the US have really been missing football during the pandemic, my husband included, and they all breathed a sigh of relief as the National…
Sintratec: Hybrid Materials Laboratory Case Study Focuses on Porous Ceramic Structures
“We will benefit more and more from the possibilities of additive technologies,” – Professor Alberto Ortona Sintratec has just released a case study featuring The Hybrid…
Improved FDM 3D Printing with Lignin Biocomposites
In the recently published ‘Lignin: A Biopolymer from Forestry Biomass for Biocomposites and 3D Printing,’ international researchers Mihaela Tanase-Opedal, Eduardo Espinosa, Alejandro Rodríguez, and Gary Chinga-Carrasco explore a very specific…
Researchers Use Seashell and Plaster Powder in Binder Jet 3D Printing Experiments
It is inevitable that on a trip to the ocean, I will pick up and admire some seashells from the beach and contemplate bringing them home to display in a…
CRP Technology Used SLS 3D Printing and Windform XT 2.0 to Make Aircraft Model for Wind Tunnel Testing
CRP Technology, part of the larger CRP Group, is well-known for its 3D printing applications in the automotive sector, but lest we forget that it is also accomplished in aerospace…
Researchers Create Smart Composite Material from Graphene Oxide and Seaweed-Derived Alginate
Usually when I think about seaweed, I’m trying to decide which particular sushi roll to order at dinner. But a team of researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island, which…
UK Researchers Develop Responsive Cellulose-Based Ink for 4D Printing
We’ve seen the results of 3D printing research about responsive materials, but what about with 4D printing, where 3D printed objects can move and change shape of their own volition? A…
Researchers Develop Novel Mixture of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite Material for 3D Printing
When being used to 3D print structures like bridges and houses, cement needs to be able to sustain the weight of the layers being extruded on top of it. Additionally, in…
Researchers Develop Ceramic Composite 3D Printing Material and Process Chain for FDM Printers
There are multiple methods of manufacturing ceramic materials, including powder injection molding (PIM) and, of course, 3D printing. While ceramics are still considered to be a decently new 3D printing material,…
German Artist Creates Lifelike Birch Tree Installation with 3D Printing Pen and Wood Composite Material
There’s just something about 3D printed art, regardless if people agree on whether or not it actually counts as art, that always opens up the most amazing sense of wonder…
Swinburne Developing World’s First Industry 4.0 Testlab for Manufacturing 3D Printing Carbon Fiber Composite Material
Organizations like Swinburne University of Technology in Australia know that collaboration is important when it comes to developing innovations in the 3D printing field. Two years ago, the university partnered with three…
The Chocolate Factory Gets Helping Hand from Stratasys 3D Printing
We’re filled to brimming with articles about the ways in which 3D printing has impacted medical, automotive, and military sectors, and there have been a number of discussions around the…