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RAPID + TCT Flies into Chicago with 350+ 3D Printing Exhibitors
Despite economic uncertainties, additive manufacturing (AM) is likely in the process of experiencing its biggest boom to date, in large part due to global trends related to supply chain resilience…
The State of 3D Printing: Reading the Room at RAPID + TCT
As far as cliches go, “timing is everything” is a pretty good one. It’s especially useful to keep in mind for when you’re making predictions: voice your prediction too early…
The TBGA In-Person Events Survey – “Things That Make You Go Hmmm…”
The AM industry is special. Where else could we get away with writing articles, usually technical ones, peppered with our Spotify playlist titles? So here we go again with a…
3D Printing Trade Show Best Practices: Food and Food for Thought
This is the third installment of ideas, suggestions, and best practices for your 3D printing stand from an interested observer. We previously discussed booth location and how best to connect…
Over 100 Expert Speakers to Present on Additive Manufacturing at RAPID + TCT 2021
There’s now less than a month before the all-important, in-person RAPID + TCT 2021 event comes to McCormick Place in Chicago from September 13-15 for its 30th year. The annual…
ExOne (XONE) Releases Office-Friendly Bound Metal 3D Printer
The competition in Binder Jet is heating up. Just a week ago, Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM) announced the two-step bound metal Studio 2 System. By eliminating one step of the…
RAPID + TCT 2019 Showcased Continued Adoption and Growth of Additive Manufacturing
Nearly 9,000 manufacturing professionals from around the world converged in Detroit for this year’s RAPID + TCT, North America’s most influential additive manufacturing (AM) event. The event, which took place…
Join the RAPID + TCT OPENING EVENT & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PANEL DISCUSSIONS May 20th
North America’s premier Additive Manufacturing Event RAPID + TCT will soon start on May 20th. You can still attend by registering here. The RAPID + TCT event will bring together…
RAPID + TCT 2019 Conference Schedule Announced
The RAPID + TCT 2019 Conference will be taking place in Detroit from May 20th to 23rd. North America’s premier 3D printing conference and event has just announced its conference…
RAPID + TCT Announces Keynote Speakers for May Event
RAPID + TCT is North America’s largest and most influential additive manufacturing event. Now in its 29th year, RAPID + TCT is a touchstone event bringing together industrial manufacturing customers,…
Todd Grimm Tells More Tales About Fantastic Developments in Additive Manufacturing at RAPID
Last week, we reported on the first part of Todd Grimm’s rapid-fire What’s New talk at RAPID + TCT. Grimm continued his talk by discussing the latest trends in digital light…
It’s No Fairytale: Todd Grimm Shares His Treasure Trove of 3D Printing News at RAPID
This year’s RAPID + TCT was jam packed with new 3D printing technology and was by far the largest 3D printing expo that I’ve personally seen. There was an awful lot…
Should You 3D Print That Part? SME Launches ITEAM at RAPID to Answer That Question
It’s an age old question. Should I use additive manufacturing or another process to create my product? Or as SME puts it…To 3D print or not to 3D print? At…
3D Platform Debuts Fastest Spool-Fed 3D Printer Extruder, Made Possible with 6mm Filament by MakeShaper
At RAPID, I saw a number of solutions for making larger FDM prints. As we previously reported, Titan Robotics exhibited two products, a new pellet extruder and their Cronus multi-gantry 3D…
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…
RAPID + TCT Returns to “The Steel City” as Metal 3D Printing Advances
RAPID + TCT is back in Pittsburgh for its 27th installment, a fitting time to return to “The Steel City” – when metal additive manufacturing stands out among the latest…
RAPID + TCT 2017: The Greatest Collection of Minds and Technology in Additive Manufacturing
The greatest minds in additive manufacturing will convene at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh for SME’s RAPID + TCT event, May 8-11. A vast collection of 3D…
Around the World in 3D Printing: 2016 in Review
Throughout the last 12 months, we’ve been following growth in every aspect of the 3D printing industry, from hardware introductions to software developments to new materials set to bring new…
Partnership Between x3D Group and Sokar Additive Technology Brings Prismlab’s RAPID 3D Printers to More Europeans
If you’re a person or business who doesn’t have a 3D printer but wants or needs to print things every now and then, it’s critical to have a good 3D…
3D Printed Fashion Hit the Runway at RAPID 2016
PHEW. I’m back in my office now after a whirlwind of a week at RAPID, held in Orlando this year. We’ve been keeping you up to date on some of…
Aleph Objects Announces the LulzBot TAZ 6 Available May 17 for $2,500
Get the top spot on all of those end-of-year Best Of lists ready, because I’m pretty sure that the desktop 3D printer that is most likely to fill it was…
SME Addresses Parental Misconceptions about Manufacturing Jobs
Early Industrial America was a rough place to work for children. There weren’t labor laws, and families were forced to work in dangerous and unhealthy conditions, sometimes losing body parts and…
This Incredible Fully Functional 3D Printed Motorcycle will be Unveiled at RAPID 2015 This Week
As the world begins to come to grips over the fact that someone has already 3D printed a fully functional car, and that surgeons from across the globe have been able…
Stratasys to Unveil This 3D Printed Functional Snowboard at RAPID 2015
The question that we used to ask just a few years ago was, “What can be 3D printed?” The answer to that question, at the time, would have included small…
