multi material 3d printing
3DPOD 233: Sustainable Manufacturing with Kate Black, Atomik AM
Kate Black is the Chief Executive Officer of Atomik AM, where she leads a team dedicated to fostering innovation and developing integrated advanced manufacturing solutions. The company specializes in electronics…
Boston’s Additive Edge: Inkbit’s Vision of Redefining 3D Printing with Material Innovation
At the heart of Inkbit’s innovation is a 3D printer that does more than print—it learns and perfects, creating intricate multi-material parts in a single, streamlined process. This vision-controlled technology,…
Machine Part Giant Schaeffler Unveils Multi-material 3D Printer for Metals and Ceramics
Legacy manufacturers, like KraussMaffei and Arburg, are continuing to increase their presence in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. That latest is Schaeffler Special Machinery, the special machine construction unit of…
New Technique Enables Intermixing Materials in SLA 3D Printing
Each of form of 3D printing comes with its own unique sets of advantages and disadvantages, forcing users to navigate through these tradeoffs. For instance, fused deposition modeling is known…
How New Multi-material 3D Printing Can Transform the Dental Industry and Beyond – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Until now, additive manufacturing techniques have mainly been used to produce existing products in smaller quantities or in personalized forms. Occasionally, an additive manufacturing process can generate additional benefits, such…
Belgian Consortium Tries to Make Better Electrical Motors With 3D Printing
A Belgian consortium consisting of Ghent University, KU Leuven, and research organization VITO has been working on the Additive Manufacturing for Electrical Machines (AM4EM) project. They want to make more…
Desktop Metal Buys Multi-Material 3D Printing Startup Aerosint
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) has bought Aerosint, a firm that has developed a system capable of multi-material metal and polymer 3D printing on sintering systems. Aerosint’s technology can selectively dispense…
WACKER’s ACEO Launches Hard/Soft Multi-Material 3D Printing Service
Applying WACKER’s expertise in silicone to the world of 3D printing, ACEO was launched in 2017 with one of the few 3D printing services specialized in producing elastomeric parts. Now,…
Light-Responsive 3D Printed Smart Gels Replicate Octopus Camouflage
Rutgers University engineers have created a 3D printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becoming an “artificial muscle.” The material may lead to some exciting research for…
MIT Researcher Develops “Illusory Material” and Lenticular 3D Printing Platform
An award-winning product and industrial designer, Jiani Zeng, has focused her work and research in creating tangible, responsive, consumer experiences through design that combines elements from the physical and digital…
Voxel8 Lands New CEO to Lead Multi-Material 3D Printing
After its co-founder, Harvard professor Jennifer Lewis, moved to a supervisory role, Voxel8 has found a new CEO. Friedrich von Gottberg will lead the Boston startup as President and CEO. …
Multi-Material 3D Printing Improved with Novel Extruder
Multi-material 3D printing is becoming more common with newer 3D printers, but there are still challenges in getting the layers of multiple materials to adhere properly. In a paper entitled…
Strengths of Three Materials Combine to Form Composite 3D Printed Components
In a paper entitled “On the 3D printing of recycled ABS, PLA and HIPS thermoplastics for structural applications,” a group of researchers discusses multi-material 3D printing for structural applications. The…
India: Researchers Investigate Validity of Multi-Material 3D Printing for Structural Applications
While it is obvious the impact of 3D printing is going to continue to be enormous for industries around the world, there are still challenges—and skeptics. Despite a multitude of…
Singapore Researchers: Better Multi-Material 3D Printing with Air Jet DLP
While 3D printing has lent itself to countless innovations today, that does not mean the process is always easy—even though we see elementary-school kids creating a variety of objects from…
3D Print with Five Materials with New Prusa Upgrade, Plus More New Features
One of the reasons that Prusa has so many fans is that it is constantly working to improve and update its products. One especially popular upgrade in the past couple…
Mosaic Manufacturing Introduces the New and Improved Palette 2 for Multi-Color, Multi-Material 3D Printing
In 2015, Mosaic Manufacturing launched the Palette, a device that allowed any 3D printer to become a multi-color, multi-material machine. It functioned by combining up to four filament strands in…
Budmen Industries’ New Minimal, Modular Buildini is a Practical 3D Printer for the Creative Mind
Pennsylvania-based company and post-digital workshop Budmen Industries, the “Home of Industrial Imagination,” was founded by lifelong creatives Isaac Budmen, author of The Book on 3D Printing, and Stephanie Keefe. In addition…
Multi-material & Multi-property Components with Additive Manufacturing
With more knowledge gathering in the additive manufacturing sector, there is a need to exploit one of its multiple advantages, which is to be able to produce components/parts with multimaterials…
Washington State Researchers Simplify Multi Material 3D Printing
Multimaterial 3D printing has become slightly more common recently, but it’s still complicated and difficult, especially in industrial 3D printing. Single material 3D printing is still much more common, but…
M3D and MakerGear Showcase New 3D Printers at RAPID + TCT 2018
We’ve been hearing all kinds of announcements about new products and systems that will be launched at this week’s RAPID + TCT conference in Fort Worth, Texas. Now, on the first day…
Raise3D and the Pro2 3D Printer Series Look to Boost Flexible Manufacturing in the Industry
A few weeks ago, Raise3D introduced the new Pro2 series of 3D printers, now available for pre-order. According to the company, the new 3D printers are among the fastest dual-extruder 3D…
Earwig Wings Inspire Researchers to 3D Print Multimaterial, Self-Folding Origami Elements
Many scientists have been inspired by wings, be they bat, bird, or butterfly, in their 3D printing research projects. A team of researchers from ETH Zurich and Purdue University have…
Aerosint Brings Multi-Material Capabilities to Powder Bed 3D Printing
The recent TCT Show was an excellent opportunity to hear about many of the latest developments across the 3D printing industry, as the busy show highlighted new machines, new software,…
