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ORNL and Boeing Earn Guinness Book of World Records Title for Largest Solid 3D Printed Part
Few government-backed entities have innovated upon 3D printing technology as much as the Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), which is the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) largest national laboratory…
ORNL Researchers Improve 3D Printing at the Nanoscale with Simulation Guided Process
You may have noticed that 3D printing seems to be getting bigger and bigger by many accounts, from 3D printed cars to buildings, and even entire villages. As the skill and…
Infrared Technology Helps Researchers Define Temperature & Settings Issues Causing 3D Printing Problems
I don’t think I’ll ever become desensitized to the magic of 3D printing. Whether enjoying from the desktop as a medieval castle or a Star Wars battleship is plucked off the…
Transcend Robotics Signs Partnership Agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Develop Robotic Mobility Tech
Over the years science fiction television and movies promised us all sorts of robots and robotic companions. From neurotic house cleaning maid robots to robotic soldiers who would fight our…
University of Illinois Engineering Team Win Excavator Cab of the Future 3D Design Contest
A student engineering team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has submitted the winning design for an aesthetically pleasing and fully-functional 3D printed excavator cab. The cab will…
World’s First 3D Printed Excavator to Debut at CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2017
Fluid power, or what is more commonly called hydraulics, is the use of keeping fluids under pressure in order to generate, control, or transmit power. Hydraulics is used in a range…
3D Printing Services Marketplace 3Diligent Joins America Makes and the ASTM F42 Committee
Southern California’s 3Diligent has announced that they have officially been granted membership into the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, America Makes, as well as ASTM International (formerly American Society for…
ORNL Signs Patent Licensing Agreement with Strangpresse for Large-Scale 3D Printing Technology
As the center of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) national laboratory program, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been responsible for countless technological advancements developed by the…
ORNL Demos Their New Integrated 3D Printed Home and Vehicle
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has unveiled an impressive demonstration of their new integrated 3D printed building and vehicle concept called AMIE, which we first heard about…
ORNL & Clayton Homes are 3D Printing a Home & Car That Share Energy with One Another
After two years of covering news related to the 3D printing industry, it’s very seldom that I get overly excited about a particular story or a project. With that said,…
SWFL 3D Hopes to Cooperate with Local Motors on Affordable 3D Printed AeroCycle Car
If you were to tell me that 3D printed cars would actually be a thing, just a few years ago, I would have probably laughed in your face and called…
Tour of ORNL’s 3D Printing Facility: 3D Printed Podium for Obama, Titanium Robotic Arms & More
It was a distinct pleasure to join a tour of the Manufacturing Development Facility (MDF) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) on June 23rd, 2015. Our group consisted of College,…
American Process and ORNL Say Nanocellulose Will Rival Carbon Fiber For 3D Printing
Materials scientists from the renewable biomaterials industry and government researchers are hard at work on a project to move industrial adaptation of 3D printing forward. They are doing this by…
BAAM 3D Printer Gets Major Upgrade — Prints 100 lbs of Material Per Hour & More
Way back in June of last year we covered an announcement by Cincinnati Inc. and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) which revealed one of the world’s largest and most…
ORNL 3D Prints Working Shelby Cobra Replica — President Obama Approves
Last year, our top viewed stories all had one thing in common, they were in some way related to Local Motors and their 3D Printed Strati Car. Just a few…
3D Printed Power Inverters Soon to Meet or Surpass 2020 DOE Standards
Energy is so very important to our future. Conserving it, harnessing it, using it responsibly, and becoming more aware of its impact are the keys to energy’s future. The US…
ORNL’s EBM Discovery ‘Potentially the Most Important Development in Metal Additive Manufacturing’ to Date
Every day, hundreds of end-use metal parts are being produced around the globe by means of additive manufacturing technologies. Materials which are lighter, cheaper, and more capable of standing up to a…
Details Emerge on BAAM 3D Printer – 200X Faster – Prints 10 lbs Plastic/Hour
Back in February the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and Cincinnati Inc. set quite a goal for themselves within the 3D printing space. They set out…
Dep. of Energy Working On 3D Printer 500 Times Faster Than Top of The Line Printers Today
Talk about exponential progress in technology. If the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has its way, we will have a 3D printer capable of printing out polymer…
Local Motors and US Department of Energy Sign Deal to Produce First 3D Printed Vehicle
If you were to think about all the crazy things a 3D printer may one day be able to print, one of the craziest ideas is a 3D printed car….
