rapid prototyping
3D Printing News Briefs: May 16, 2017
3D printing, investments, and filaments, oh my! In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Cytosurge’s FluidFM 3D printer wins an award at the IDTechEX Show!, while Print the Future is the…
RAPID 2017: Titan Robotics Introduces New Pellet Extrusion System, Showcases Cronus Multi-Gantry 3D Printer
While metal 3D printing was all the rage at RAPID + TCT this week, there were some FDM printers on the exhibit floor that showed that plastic extrusion is still…
3D Printing Enhances Lightweighting & Personalization in Automotive Manufacture as Ford Pilots Stratasys’ Infinite Build 3D Printer
Automotive and aerospace are two industries that are significantly benefiting from 3D printing technologies, and it was in fact with these two applications in mind that Stratasys announced the development…
3D Printing & Rapid Prototyping in Focus at SWW17
Sometimes a comeback is a great thing; let’s talk about post-2007 Britney, some great moments in sports (that I had to look up), #ThrowbackThursday. Turning back the clock isn’t always…
Much More Than Prototyping: Star Prototype Expands, Changes Name to Star Rapid
A few months ago, we enjoyed the opportunity to talk to Gordon Styles, President and Founder of Star Prototype. An early adopter of additive manufacturing, the rapid prototyping company was using 3D printing…
Safilo and the Stratasys J750 3D Printer: Making Beautiful Eyewear Together
Glasses are often more than just an aid for those of us with poor eyesight; they also make a fashion statement. Whether with that opportunity we want to emphasize pure practicality…
3DPrint.com to Offer Online Training Courses in 3D Printing
As the 3D printing industry around the world continues its march forward, cementing major steps in this well-heralded next industrial revolution, vast changes are coming through every aspect of the…
Stratasys and Schneider Electric Plan the Factory of the Future
Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in the distribution of electricity, automation management, and producing the necessary installation components for the management of that energy. Schneider’s…
Poetry X Center: Ira3D Announces a New All-in-One 3D Printing R&D Package
Last year the industry saw 3D printer sales for home use start to soften slightly, while at the same time there were significant jumps in sales for small businesses, schools…
It Turns Out That 3D Printing Can Even Be Used to Make the Perfect Spring
I really don’t know if I could find a dryer subject to write about than industrial springs. At least a subject that sounded dryer, because when I actually started to…
Philadelphia MakerSpace NextFab Helps Inventor Start a Shovelution
The Shovelution is a spring-loaded second handle add-on that can be attached to just about any snow shovel. The user simply attaches it on to the shovel’s handle and it…
3D Printing Brings New Opportunities and New Challenges to the Oil & Gas Industry
As with most modern businesses, the Oil and Gas (O&G) industry has begun adopting 3D printing technology into its regular workflow in several key areas. It has proven itself to…
Leading European Food Packaging Machinery Developer Now Offers Custom 3D Printed Components
Of everything that happened in the 3D printing industry last year, I think that it was the explosion of industrial applications for 3D printing technology that had the biggest impact…
The Viper Project is China’s First High Speed Train Prototyped Entirely with a 3D Printer
When it comes to high speed rail (HSR) transport there really is no one coming even close to matching the rail network of China. Spanning more than 12,000 miles, the…
3D Printing is Helping Kickstart This Beautiful Leonardo da Vinci-Themed Board Game
While every crowdfunding campaign is a gamble, there is what I like to call a trifecta of success that most fully or over funded campaigns all seem to have. There…
3D Hubs Helps Rapid Prototype the Perfect Chef’s Knife and Craft a $1 Million Kickstarter
A growing number of products are being developed thanks to rapid prototyping with 3D printers, producing better designed, more successful and higher quality products than ever before. While recently there…
Using 3D Printing to Rapid Prototype Food, Beverage and Retail Packaging
While originally conceived as a replacement for manufacturing back in the 1980s, due to time constraints and cost 3D printing quickly became a process primarily used to quickly develop prototype…
GPI Expands Access and Adoption of Direct Metal 3D Printing with 3D Systems Technology
3D Systems has announced that they have formed a partnership with Midwestern 3D printing and prototyping services provider GPI Prototype & Manufacturing Services, Inc. to expand their range of direct…
Making Fallout 4’s Robot Butler Mister Handy Real Using 3D Printing
The development of a video game is probably the last place that you would think to find rapid prototyping being used, but it turns out 3D printing played a key…
Your Electronics May Have a Brighter Future Thanks to 3D Printing
Look around your room when it’s dark. I’m willing to bet there’s more than one tiny, blinking light glowing in the darkness. From your computer, your phone, your TV –…
The Nipi Smart Cooler Used 3D Printing to Reach Market 75% Faster
To get their initial concept design for a novel cooler realized as a working prototype, Nipi turned to 3D printing service provider 3D Print Bureau. And using FDM and PolyJet…
Proto Labs Expands into New Additive Manufacturing Services
For low-volume production, Proto Labs, with its global headquarters in Minnesota, is the world’s fastest digital manufacturer. Founded in 1999 as the ProtoMold Company by Larry Lukis, who was seeking a quicker…
Electronics Giant, Hama, Uses a German RepRap To Help Create New Products
I’m never surprised when people come up to me and ask me what 3D printers can be used for. Although, I tend to laugh a little on the inside, I…
In:Sand – 3D Printing with a Plentiful Building Material
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) takes on cutting edge education and research to prepare students to meet the challenges regarding the construction of habitable structures. Based in Barcelona,…
