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Flashforge Adventurer 5M Pro Review: A Compact Powerhouse for 3D Printing
Disclosure: The Adventurer 5M Pro was provided by Flashforge at no cost for this review. I have not received any additional compensation, and all opinions are my own. FlashForge has…
Prusa Launches its First High-temp 3D Printer, the Pro HT90
Prusa Research essentially dominates the desktop 3D printing space. Their i3 design is the predominant 3D printer design worldwide, with millions of 3D printers being made each year based on…
Unveiling Dyze Design’s Zephyr High Flow Extruder: Revolutionizing High-Speed 3D Printing
Dyze Design, the Canadian expert in high-performance extrusion systems, introduces its latest innovation, the Zephyr™ High Flow Extruder for 1.75mm filament. This state-of-the-art extruder leverages Dyze Design’s MeltCore™ technology, delivering…
NatureWorks Gets $350M Loan to Build PLA Manufacturing Plant in Thailand
NatureWorks makes a lot of the polylactic acid (PLA) plastic we consume with 3D printing. PLA is also used for packaging, medical nonwovens, interior decoration materials, and more. By not…
Model No. Deploys Titan Pellet 3D Printers for Sustainable Furniture Production
Over the years, many designers have tried to create 3D printed polymer furniture. Early pioneers like Janne Kyttanen, Materialise’s MGX, and Joris Laarman have led the way with 3D printed…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: Recycling PLA, More Efficient Atomizing
Filamentive hopes to recycle your PLA if you’re in the UK and order over £500 worth of filament. Their partner 3D Printing Waste (3DPW) will turn the PLA into injection…
Lighting the Way with Potato Starch: Sustainable Polish ECO Lamps Use 3D Printing
Lighting that meets the essence of nature: this is the reality brought to life by ECO Lamps, which introduces a fresh perspective to sustainable lighting design using potato starch. These…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: 3D Printed Construction Standard, Sand Wall & Self Heating Microfluidics
ISO/ASTM Standard 52939:2023 has been released and it sets standards for QA for 3D Printed polymer, composite and cement buildings. This is most welcome since 3D printed construction is a…
The Bambu Lab P1S 3D Printer Review: Ultra-fast & Multicolor 3D Printing
The hottest thing in the 3D printing industry right now is undoubtedly Bambu Lab—and rightfully so. In an otherwise stale consumer additive manufacturing (AM) market, Bambu Lab has entered guns…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 19, 2023: Geopolymer Construction, FDA Clearance, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, Carbon has announced several improvements to its platform, and Renca printed a house with its geopolymer 3D printing mortar. In medical news, Axial3D has…
Harvard Researchers Develop 3D Printed Synthetic Heart Valve that Grows with Children
A child’s heart valves can be damaged by rheumatic fever, which can then cause rheumatic heart disease and lead to even more serious health problems, such as stroke and heart…
Jabil Introduces First PLA for Powder Bed 3D Printing
When we last caught up with Luke Rodgers, senior director of R&D at Jabil (NYSE: JBL), the manufacturing solutions provider was in the process of releasing a new material for powder bed…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: PLA Powder, Zuck Prints Dresses and Desktop 3D Printed Houses
Kei Atsumi and Nicholas Préaud worked on 3D printing for three years in order for them to develop their Tsuginote Tea House. The small tea house accommodates two and was…
ORNL Awards UMaine $7.6M to Develop New Biopolymer 3D Printers
After receiving significant press for its 3D printed home made from biomaterials, the University of Maine has been awarded $7.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) Oak Ridge…
Furniture-Maker Launches First 3D Printed Lighting Collection from Sustainable Materials
Model No., started in Oakland, CA, in 2018, is a furniture manufacturer that uses PLA pellets derived from agricultural waste to 3D print made-to-order home furnishings. Model No.’s latest product…
3D Printed Wheat Bran Combines with UV Printing to Create Colorful Designs
Polish startup GREENFILL3D continues to expand the applications for its wheat bran 3D printing feedstock. To make its GF3D Branfill3d material, the company combines PLA with waste from pasta manufacturing….
3D Printing News Briefs, June 30, 2022: Nuclear Power Filters, Fuzzy Filament, & More
We’re starting with a 3D printed part for the nuclear powder industry in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then we’ll move on to two separate research projects, before ending with…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 23, 2022: New Materials, 3D Printer, & More
We’re starting with new materials in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as MatX Smart Materials released an antimicrobial PLA and Evonik launched its osteoconductive VESTAKEEP for 3D printed implants. 3DGence…
Wheat Bran 3D Printing Filament Upcycles Pasta Waste
One of the major questions still hanging over the head of the additive manufacturing (AM) sector is, “How sustainable can the tech ultimately be?” In theory, of course, there’s great…
3D Printed Vaginal Rings Could Treat Bacterial Infections
There are plenty of examples in which 3D printing has been used to develop drug delivery systems, but this research out of Hungary is tackling the issue from a new…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 27, 2021: Sustainability, Metal 3D Printing, & More
In this edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with stories from Aleph Farms and Orbex regarding their efforts to keep our planet healthy by, respectively, working towards net…
TronHoo Unveils Thermochromic 3D Printing PLA Filament to Diversify Its PLA Portfolio
TronHoo, an innovative brand of 3D printing technology, is pleased to announce the company is going to unveil thermochromic PLA filament for 3D printing to diversify its PLA portfolio and…
TronHoo Facilitates Its Development and Use of 3D Printing Technology
TronHoo, an innovative brand of 3D printing, was co-founded by a group of high techs in the field of material science, intelligent control, and mechanical engineering. TronHoo has been aimed…
NatureWorks to Invest $600M in New PLA Plant
The largest manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA) plastic is finalizing its plant to open a new PLA manufacturing complex in Thailand. NatureWorks has received final authorization from its parent companies…
