rapid prototyping
3D Printing Webinar & Event Roundup: March 26, 2023
Get ready for a busy week that’s chock full of webinars and events, both virtual and in-person, all around the world. Let’s not waste time, read on for all the…
Formlabs User Summit Features Hasbro, NASA, Mayo Clinic 3D Printing and More
Formlabs’ annual User Summit kicked off October 26th and 27th. The online event highlights power users who utilize Formlabs printers throughout many companies and organizations—including Peloton, OXO, Hasbro, Nasa—from across…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 1st, 2022: Flight-Ready Parts, Rapid Prototyping, & More
America Makes has announced its new Executive Committee members, and PUNCH Torino and Roboze are partnering up to increase the adoption and improve the process of FFF 3D printing. Those…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 4, 2022
We’re getting busy again for this week’s webinar and event roundup! The Stratasys tour is taking.a break, but the company is still presenting a webinar on the NASA Hunch Program….
3D Printing News Briefs, December 22, 2021: Business, Software, Rhinoplasty, & More
We’re starting off with two acquisitions in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then on to a new Amazon e-commerce store for polypropylene filaments. Then we’ll discuss software, print orientation,…
Additive Manufacturing Strategies: 3D Printing Summit Returns March 1-3, 2022
In February of 2020, just a few weeks before the world began shutting down due to the COVID-19 crisis, 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Analysis held our third annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies…
CNC Machining, 3D Printing, or Rapid Tooling: Which Process is the Best for Prototype Manufacturing
In the manufacturing business, prototypes are a crucial part of the design process. New product inventors need to test the viability of a new part in the market before going…
L’Oréal Uses AMFG’s MES Software to Streamline 3D Printing
Personal care and beauty brand L’Oréal has used 3D printing many times in the last several years, for applications ranging from product design to bioprinting hair and skin. The company,…
What are the applications of rapid prototyping?
Rapid prototyping consists of a group of techniques. Rapid prototyping services can use these to manufacture a prototype, which is often done with the help of a three-dimensional computer aided…
The Current State of Metal 3D Printing in 2020
As a subset of 3D printing, metal printing has been growing over the last couple of years. The technology has made great strides in speed and versatility of materials, with…
Koch Subsidiary Uses Desktop Metal 3D Printing to Rethink Industrial Design
“Companies that feel like metal 3D printing is too far in the future…if additive manufacturing adds value to them whatsoever, and they’re not already investing in it, they’re already behind.”…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 28, 2020: Desktop Metal, DOMO Chemicals, Nano Dimension
We’ve got some partnership news we’re sharing in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! Cetim and Desktop Metal are working together, while DOMO and Zare have also announced a partnership. Moving…
3D Printing News Briefs: April 28, 2020
We’re starting with business today, before moving on to materials news, in 3D Printing News Briefs. Xaar’s senior leadership team is making an investment in the company’s future, and the…
How Rapid Prototyping Has Revolutionized Product Development
From demonstrating proof of concept to testing the viability of a new part, prototypes are an essential part of the design process. Advancements in rapid prototyping technology, including processes like…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 11, 2019
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re looking at auditory, instrumental, and performance 3D printed and scanned innovations, starting with an EnvisionTEC case study on its work fabricating hearing aids…
Projects and Having Purpose
I am here to explain the mindset of creating things on a consistent basis and how creativity can be forced.. painfully and purposefully :).
Make all Things Part 4 – Expert Opinions
This is a brief informational update within the vertical garden project.
Make All the Things Part 3: Vertical Garden Part 2 – User Research
This is a short summary on the first steps in building a vertical garden through collecting user research.
What is Metrology Part 4: Proto3000
This is an article highlighting the company Proto3000. It has an interesting business model within the metrology field as a B2B organization and it sparked my interest.
VSHAPER 3D Printer Used in Fabrication of Underwater Scooter Prototype
Note: We originally wrote this article on a water scooter 3D printing case but a company involved has threatened us with legal action. It is unclear why they did this…
Rapid 2019: Laminated Resin Printing Technology: Callaghan Innovation Presents MicroMaker3D
Many developments are being made on the microscopic scale in 3D printing—with numerous examples on display this week at RAPID + TCT 2019 in Detroit (May 20-23). New Zealand is…
Cost Sensitivity Analysis Performed for 3D Printed, Open Source Infant Clubfoot Brace
Congential talipes equinovarus (CTEV), perhaps better known as clubfoot, is one of the most common congenital physical deformities, as it occurs at least once every 1,000 births. In countries like…
LAIKA’s Brian McLean Talks About 3D Printed Faces for Studio’s New Stop Motion Animation Film
While attending SOLIDWORKS World 2019 in Dallas recently, I learned during my interview with Stratasys that the company’s multi-material J750 3D printer, which offers over 500,000 different color combinations, was the only 3D printer…
Sinterit’s SLS 3D Printing and Flexible Materials Used to Make Strong Textiles for Opera Costumes
Engineering, textiles, and additive manufacturing are different industries with different growth patterns, but they are connected by an important point: structures. Additionally, each of these industries have to struggle with…
