metal 3d printer

Trumpf Debuts Triple-Laser TruPrint 5000 Metal Additive Manufacturing System at formnext

In 2015, family-owned German industrial machining and tooling equipment manufacturer Trumpf got back in the metal 3D printing game when it debuted the TruPrint 1000 laser metal fusion (LMF) 3D printer at…

3D Printing News Briefs: September 19, 2017

We’re going to start off with a little business news in today’s edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, then move right along to a new competition, a little education, and…

3D Printing News Briefs: September 6, 2017

We’ve got a lot of business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by new 3D beta software, 3D printing materials work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and a…

NIAR Increases Capabilities with New Metal 3D Printer, Industrial X-Ray CT

This spring, 3DPrint.com was on site when Airbus and Dassault Systèmes became official residents of the Innovation Campus at Wichita State University (WSU) in Kansas, with a combined goal of…

Australia Has Big Hopes for a New Metal 3D Printer: LightSpEE3D Coming to CDU Thanks to Government Grant

We’ve definitely been seeing a lot of 3D printing innovation coming out of Australia recently, from 3D printed fashion, medical implants and 3D bioprinting to a virtual 3D world of dinosaurs…

3D Printing News Briefs: June 10, 2017

We’re running the gamut for news stories today in 3D Printing News Briefs, bringing you news about 3D printing education and business, important partnerships, 3D printers, and 3D printing materials….

3D Printing News Briefs: May 16, 2017

3D printing, investments, and filaments, oh my! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Cytosurge’s FluidFM 3D printer wins an award at the IDTechEX Show!, while Print the Future is the…

Parallelization to Scale Up Metal Additive Manufacturing: Markforged CEO Details the Roadmap

Over the last few years, we’ve become quite familiar with Massachusetts-based Markforged, the company behind some of the strongest innovations in 3D printing today. Known already for reinforced 3D printing…

Investors’ Faith Pays Off as Desktop Metal Releases Two Actually Game-Changing 3D Printing Systems

We’ve been following 3D printing startup Desktop Metal with interest since 2015, when the company began pulling in funding from venture capital firms as well as 3D printing companies as…

Vader Systems Poised to Become the Leader in Liquid Metal 3D Printing

By the time the Buffalo, New York-based engineer Zack Vader reached the age of 18, the young maker began developing his idea for a cutting edge technology that he thought…

Zhuhai CTC Electronic Prepares Press Conference for Launch of Walnut SLM 3D Printer Line

When we think about industrial-grade 3D printing technology, most Western-based minds will wander to the machines developed by companies like Stratasys, 3D Systems, and EOS. But, out in China, the…

Indian Engineering Students Create Desktop Metal 3D Printer from Scratch

As 3D printing technology continues to bloom in different parts of the world, the country of India has become an innovation hub for additive manufacturing. This particularly rings true in their…

Meet the Trinus: A Professional-Grade 3D Printer/Laser Engraver Combo Hitting Kickstarter Soon for Just $199

I can’t help but wonder if large 3D printer manufacturers feel just a tinge of worry about the small startups, the open-source hackers, and the crowdsourcing campaigns that have been…

Toshiba Machine Announces a Metal 3D Printer Ten Times Faster Than Others on the Market

It’s rare to see technology sectors advance as quickly as metal 3D printing has. Until very recently, the technology was lagging a bit behind other forms of 3D printing. Its…

Materialise and Additive Industries Announce a Partnership in Conjunction with the Release of MetalFAB1

With so many companies producing so many varieties of additive manufacturing equipment, it can sometimes be difficult to avoid disconnect between hardware and software systems. Belgian company Materialise has made it a…

Aurora Labs Developing Large ‘100 Times Faster’ Metal 3D Printer–NASA Interested

While affordable, smaller-scale metal 3D printing is one of the many Holy Grails within the consumer and small business segment of the 3D printing industry, the manufacturers’ equivalent of a Holy…

Optomec Brings Metal 3D Printing to Latin America With New Viwa Partnership

3D printing technology manufacturer and developer of the LENS metal additive manufacturing process, Optomec announced a new distribution agreement with Mexican machining and tooling supplier Viwa. The deal will allow Viwa…

Plus-Mfg’s +1000k Multi Material Metal 3D Printer Shows Its Power

It’s been close to six months since we initially covered the Covington, Kentucky-based company Plus-Mfg and their unique take on metal 3D printing. Whereas other companies use lasers to sinter…

Mutoh Industries Unveils New Metal Arc Welding 3D Printer, the Value Arc MA5000-S1

When we typically talk about the various 3D printers on the market today, the machines which are capable of printing in metal materials are usually the ones which garner the…

ATI to Spend $70 Million to Increase Nickel-Based Superalloy Powder Capabilities for 3D Printing

3D printing in metal has really begun to take off within the manufacturing space. Printing in metal allows companies to save time and money in creating custom end-use products which…

i-Scientifica’s Unique 3D Multi-Metal Printer Prints in Gold, Platinum, Titanium Ink – Starting at $40K – Coming Soon!

The 3D printing space is growing by leaps and bounds on a daily basis. The technology continues to improve, as prices come down and more companies begin to understand the…

MatterFab Raises $5.75 Million in Series A Funding for Affordable 3D Metal Printing

Back in July of last year, we reported on a company called MatterFab. They had just emerged from “stealth mode” and had revealed their new 3D metal printer which aimed…

Taiwan: ITRI Unveils Their First 3D Metal Printer, the AM100/AM250

While Taiwan may be a thriving and independent island, they do bow to what they consider true royalty these days: the technology of 3D printing. And they are certainly not…

+Mfg Unveils New +1000k 3D Printer — Prints With Multiple Metals In a Single Run

When it comes to industrial manufacturing, metal 3D printing is where the future is at. Providing the ability to manufacture intricate parts, which are often impossible to produce via casting…