extrusion
Roboze Launches Hypermelt Technology for ARGO 1000 Pellet-based 3D Printer
Roboze, the Italian-US based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of additive manufacturing (AM) platforms for ultra-strong composites and super polymers, will be debuting a new heated build chamber/specialized extruder technology called…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Bondtech and Freeform Future Corp
Nozzle and extruder maker Bondtech makes high quality components to improve your 3D printers´ hotends, heaters and print heads. A lot of companies would be annoyed when a YouTuber, MirageC made…
New INTAMSYS Desktop 3D Printer Features Independent Extruders
Based out of China, INTAMSYS is an exciting firm that aims to challenge the larger material extrusion market across nearly all fronts. With high-temperature 3D printers, as well as a…
One 3D Printing Nozzle, Many Diameters: New from Sculpman
In material extrusion, you’ve traditionally been tied to one nozzle geometry and size. Ideally, you may want to have a larger nozzle to make large interior areas and a finer…
3D Systems and Jabil Create ‘High Speed Fusion’ Filament 3D Printing Technology
Just as Stratasys began to enter onto 3D Systems’ home turf, now, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) is pulling its own such move with the introduction of a fused filament 3D printer,…
Morphing 3D Printer Nozzle Developed for Carbon Fiber 3D Printing
Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a shape-changing 3D printer nozzle meant to tackle a particular method for 3D printing fiber composites. The nozzle is able to…
Functional Texture Libraries Could Make All 3D Printed Parts Better
In the molded, mass-manufactured, and CNC’d world, everything was smooth. Meanwhile, our 3D printed world had a surface roughness problem that was proving difficult to solve. Finishing took longer than…
Freeformer: Additive manufacturing using medically approved original materials
In addition to prototyping, ARBURG Plastic Freeforming (APF) with the Freeformer is particularly suitable for the industrial additive manufacturing of functional components. This offers the advantage of supporting the processing…
Researchers Compare Microstructure of As-Cast, Hot-Extruded, and 3D Printed Magnesium Alloy Samples
Alloys of the shiny gray chemical element magnesium (Mg) feature a high strength-to-weight ratio and a low density of about 1700 kg/m3, making them good options for technical applications in…
3D Printed Meat: Great Potential for the Future, But Challenges Still Persist
In ‘Application of 3D Printing in Meat Production,’ researchers delve further into the possibilities of additive manufacturing with food. While there have been some forays into 3D fabrication with meat,…
Researchers Use CFD Simulation to Determine Ideal Rate of Extrusion and Toolpath in FDM
In a paper entitled “Numerical Modeling of the Material Deposition and Contouring Precision in Fused Deposition Modeling,” a group of researchers discusses how they used computation fluid dynamics (CFD) to…
