multi-material
3D Systems Unveils Multi-Material, Completely 3D Printed Dentures
As the most mature additive manufacturing (AM) market segment, the dental industry shows us just how much progress the technology has had in disrupting traditional products and workflows. The latest…
Current and Future Applications for Directed Energy Deposition
Directed energy deposition (DED) has emerged as a transformative technology, with its inherent ability to build new components, repair existing components, and enhance performance through multi-material solutions. This technology operates…
Dyndrite Advances 3D Printing Materials at Formnext 2023
Dyndrite has teamed up with Constellium, Elementum 3D, and Sandvik to launch the industry-led Materials Consortium for additive manufacturing (AM). This collaborative initiative is meant to democratize the landscape of…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Functional Vases, Tiles, Lamps, Sustainable EVA
La Máquina is working with the material pure.tech and architect External Reference on 3D printed air purifying vases. This is one of a number of new ceramic and polymer design…
Fabric and Electronics 3D Printing Firm Voxel8 Bought by Kornit Digital
Voxel8 has been acquired by Kornit Digital, a textile manufacturing company specializing in on-demand textile production, where digital printing is applied to textiles. The Israeli firm has revenues of $179 million…
Inkbit Secures US Air Force Contract for Three Vista Multimaterial 3D Printers
One of the most exciting startups in 3D printing, in my mind, isn’t involved in metal binder jetting or low-cost metal 3D printing. It’s developed a precise and intelligent method…
NASA Advances New Alloys and Scale of Metal Additive Manufacturing
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Paul Gradl will be speaking at 3DPrint.com’s upcoming AMS online industry summit (Feb 9-10, 2021). Register here. Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled new and significant design and manufacturing…
Quebec: New Framework for 3D Printing Soft Robotics
‘Geometric Simulation and Additive Manufacturing of Multi-Material Soft Robots’ is a recent master’s thesis by Christopher-Denny Matte, a student at Concordia University (Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science Mechanical,…
Fraunhofer IGD’s Cuttlefish Helped Bring Life to 3D Printed Faces in LAIKA’s Latest Film
Just a few short days ago, the latest stop-motion animation film from Oregon-based LAIKA Studio, Missing Link, opened in US theaters, with the theatrical release in Germany coming next month….
3D Printing News Briefs: February 22, 2019
We’ve got some exciting dental news to share first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs – Stratasys just announced its new full-color dental 3D printer at LMT Lab Day. Moving…
Simplify3D Releases Version 4.1 of its 3D Printing Software, Complete with New Features
As you may already be aware, Simplify3D is one of the most popular brands of professional 3D slicing software on the market. Since first expanding its 3D printing software suite in 2014,…
3D Printing News Briefs: October 7, 2018
We’ve got a shorter edition of 3D Printing News Briefs for you today. Siemens Corporate Technology is working on process simulation for additive manufacturing. BIOMODEX is launching a realistic, 3D…
Xometry Goes Off the Wall in 3D Printing Materials Experiment to Test Durability
Xometry, an on-demand manufacturing and 3D printing service provider founded in 2014, is advancing manufacturing in the US with its proprietary machine learning-based software platform. This platform, which offers multiple on-demand…
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…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 22, 2017
Welcome to the Friday edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, where we are all business, all the time…except for a little news on 3D printing materials, that is. BASF acquires…
3D Printed Metamaterials Used for Patient-Specific Heart Valve Models May Help Cardiac Patients
Every year, tens of thousands of people are diagnosed with heart valve disease, and of these people, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is considered a good option for those considered…
Johnson & Johnson Announces New Collaborations to Develop Biomedical Innovation and Advance 3D Printing Technology in Healthcare
Using 3D printing technology to manufacture custom health solutions is not a new idea, and there are many companies that work hard to solve medical problems with ideas that involve 3D…
Livrea Yachts Partners with Autodesk and SABIC to Manufacture the World’s First 3D Printed Yacht
We’ve seen 3D printed models of yachts, 3D printed yacht parts, and even a decorative jaguar that was 3D printed to grace the bowsprit of a superyacht, but an entirely…
MagicFirm Europe Releases Industrial ZYYX Pro Desktop 3D Printer and Three New Printing Materials
Swedish 3D printer manufacturer Magicfirm Europe AB first released its ZYYX printer back in 2014, complete with an innovative fan system that eliminates fumes from melting printer filament. The company has been…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 2, 2017
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’re talking about new 3D software, equipment, and materials, a distribution partnership and a new additive manufacturing facility, and a seaworthy 3D printed prosthetic….
Foundry: MIT CSAIL Develops New Modeling System for Multi-Material 3D Prints
While there are many benefits to be derived from 3D printing, such as infinite opportunities for innovation and then customization, speed in production, increased efficiency in workflow, and affordability, the…
New Multi-Material Upgrade Released For Prusa i3 MK2 3D Printer
When it comes to bringing 3D printing technology to the next stage of innovation, one of the key aspects that the industry has focused on is multi-material printing capabilities. Whether…
World’s Smallest Plunger, 3D Printed From Wood & NinjaFlex Filament
“Um, the toilet in our bathroom seems to be having a problem.” These are the dreaded words in any household, but in ours it elicits raised eyebrows and a groan…
RoboSavvy MM2X: A Dual Extruder for MakerBot Replicator 3D Printers
When Limor Schweitzer founded RoboSavvy in 2004, his vision was to create humanoid robots that would build a bridge between video games and reality. He’s focused on understanding humanoid locomotion…
