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Popularity of FDM

Since the early 2000s, fused deposition modeling (FDM)—more formally referred to as material extrusion by ASTM and ISO—has been the most popular additive manufacturing and 3D printing process worldwide. In…

Rize One 3D Printer Case Study: Cut the Post-Processing, Cut the Costs & Time in 3D Printing

Massachusetts-based industrial 3D printing company Rize Inc., known for its augmented polymer deposition technology, introduced its desktop Rize One 3D printer last summer: the printer, with its high-speed support removal, pretty much eliminates the…

CES 2017: Monoprice Announces Upgrade, Expansion of Popular 3D Printer Line

California-based online electronics retailer Monoprice entered the world of 3D printing back in 2014, when they introduced the Monoprice Dual Extrusion ABS/PLA/PVA 3D printer. At CES 2016, they unveiled a pair…

Getting Those Parts Oriented: Made for Me Releases The Ultimate Guide to ABS 3D Printing

These days it’s easy enough to unpack that new 3D printer and set off to work with your starter pack of filament, design files ready to go and models on…

mostfun Pro: World’s First Intel Inside Desktop 3D Printer Set to Launch on Kickstarter

“A good 3D printer should be reliable and easy to use,” said Lvzhou Chen, CEO of mostfun. “It should require no manual to go through to get it started and should always deliver…

Sky Tech Releases Sky-Maker H Series 3D Printer & 16 Accompanying Tutorials

Sky Tech, founded in 2008, has a gameplan, and they are sticking to it. The dynamic company from Taiwan is on a mission to be one of the major contributors to…

Kora Alpha 3D Printer is Announced: ‘Biggest Build Ratio in its Class’

It has to stop eventually, right? I’m referring to the incredible pace in which we are seeing new 3D printer manufacturers popping up on an almost daily basis.We have been…

Interesting Details Emerge on New Matter’s MOD-t 3D Printer

Just a couple days ago, we reported on a new 3D Printer, by ‘New Matter’ called the MOD-t. They plan on launching a crowdfunding campaign in the near future, to…