desktop 3d printers

Does 3D Printing Herald the Democratization of Manufacturing?

The idea of democratization, broadly defined as giving power and access to the general public, is often applied to fields experiencing major shifts. Enter 3D printing, a technology brimming with…

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Bambu Lab Launches Low-cost AI Mini 3D Printer with Four-Filament Capabilities

Bambu Lab has been a game-changer in the desktop 3D printing community. With a comprehensive software suite, continuous testing, and vibration reduction, the team has developed an exceptionally fast, fully…

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3D Printed Mannequins, R2-D2s, Guitars, Drag Racers, & More at MRRF 2023

I’ve heard about it for years, but this summer, the stars finally aligned and I was able to attend a much-lauded 3D printing event in Goshen, Indiana: the annual Midwest…

Open Source Everything: Assist in Everything with 3D Printing

In a previous post in this series, we looked at the opportunities related to open source assistive devices, often small and novel objects that can be 3D printed cheaply. Unique…

Bambu Lab 3D Printers Expand to the UK with New Reseller

Bambu Lab´s Carbon P1P and X1 Carbon 3D printers have been quite a shock to the desktop additive manufacturing (AM) system. I’ve heard of companies buying these systems instead of…

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Bambu Killing 3D Printers: Enter the Killer Pandas

In the previous post in this series, we looked at how Bambu Lab‘s market entry fundamentally altered the 3D printing market. Now, we will look deeper at the effects that…

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Bambu Killing 3D Printers: Before and After the Bambu Lab Desktop 3D Printer

You may not agree with the next statement, but, in my humble opinion, you would be wrong. The most important thing to happen in 3D printing in the last decade…

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Open Source 3D Printing: Set up Your Open Hardware Development So Everyone Can Participate

Josef Průša, the founder and CEO of Prusa Research, published an important and thought provoking article titled “The state of open-source in 3D printing in 2023” where he called for…

3D Printing News Unpeeled: Warhammer, AVIC and Pearson Lloyd

Today we look deeper in to Warhammer 40K and other table top games. Why is 3D printing being used for these games and why has it not spread? How come…

New Kickstarter Wants to Upgrade Your Prusa Mini 3D Printer

Czechia-based Strojtools is an engineering firm that primarily works in the car industry; however, its employees are big 3D printing fans, and want to use their skills to get you…

fabWeaver Professional A530 3D Printer Begins Shipping

After making the rounds at Formnext 2021, AMUG 2022, and RAPID+TCT 2022, Sindoh subsidiary fabWeaver has begun shipping its type A530 3D printer to Europe and North America. The system…

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The Perfect First 3D Printer: Creality Sermoon V1 Pro

Introduced by Creality this year, the Sermoon series includes the Sermoon V1 and Sermoon V1 Pro. Selected to exhibit in the National Pavilion during Expo 2020 Dubai, the Sermoon V1…

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Quantifying and Predicting Energy Consumption of Desktop 3D Printers

As the Earth continues to turn, more people are born, and more things are invented and manufactured, global energy consumption will obviously go up, not down. Burning fossil fuels is…

RIZE Introduces “Safe at Home” Initiative to Make 3D Printing Supply Chains More Resilient

If I had to name just one major thing that Additive Manufacturing 2.0 company RIZE, Inc. focuses on when making its industrial 3D printers, it’s definitely safety, for which RIZE…

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Cost-Effective Independent Dual Extruders Direct Drive 3D Printer: JGMAKER Artist-D Launch at Kickstarter

You may not have yet heard of a new 3D printer called the JGMaker Artist-D. That’s to be expected. This system has only just been announced and, as of September…

BIQU Launches Violet-Colored ‘B1’ Desktop 3D Printer for Under $300

BIQU has just launched its latest desktop extruder-based 3D printer, the BIQU B1, for consumers, with a price below $300. With the aim of releasing an upgraded 3D printer, the B1,…

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Snapmaker Opening New Online Store for Customers in European Union

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Snapmaker has been busy fulfilling orders and helping its communities. Recently, the team announced some good news, which is very rare, especially in this difficult time….

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Creality Ender-3 V2 to Generate Next New Ender Craze in 3D Printing Community

On April 6th, Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Creality released the Ender-3 V2, a new generation of its enduring, stellar Ender-3 3D printer, at the company’s 6th anniversary celebration. Being the…

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CES 2020 shows us what the end of the consumer 3D printing hype cycle looks like

CES is the annual barometer for what technologies we consumers should expect to see, use, and covet in the coming years. And as I explored this year’s show, I feared…

2019 Year in Review: Desktop 3D Printing

In 2019 desktop 3D printing continued its onward march towards greater adoption. And, by now, it doesn’t look all that different from the industrial space, in may ways. New Products…

Investigating 3D Printed Biomodels in Experimental Blood Flow Studies

There are many applications for 3D printing in the biomedical research community, such as lab-on-a-chip tools, surgical planning, and drug delivery. Yet another is 3D biomodels, which is the focus…

UL and Georgia Tech Continue Research Into Impact of 3D Printing Emissions on Indoor Air Quality

In 2015, non-profit safety science company Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and its Chemical Research Initiative, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, worked together to conduct a two-year study…

Roboze to Debut Xtreme 3D Printer Series and New High Performance 3D Printing Materials at formnext

Roboze, a leader in functional 3D printed prototypes produced in industrial materials like PEEK, CarbonPA, and ULTEM AM9085F, manufactures 3D printers that can handle high-performance, high temperature polymers, such as SABIC’s LEXAN…

XYZprinting Showcases da Vinci Color mini 3D Printer, Announces UK Launch of da Vinci Color AiO, at IFA 2018

One of the oldest industrial exhibitions in Germany opened its doors to the public in Berlin on Friday as IFA 2018 began. Many additive manufacturing companies choose to showcase their latest…