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Desktop Injection Molding Now Available from Robot Factory

I’m a longtime fan of Italian firm Robot Factory. The Venice-based company makes long-lasting, high-performance machines, including a line of nifty 3D printers. This includes conveyer belt FDM systems, a…

RobotFactory.it’s Andrea Martini, “We Make Machines Engineered with Extreme Care”

A few years ago in around 2012 I started to see some innovative 3D printers emerge from a workshop in Venice. These RobotFactory.it printers showed a lot of craftsmanship, tight…

Robot Factory Introduces Sliding-3D Conveyor Belt System for High-Temperature 3D Printing

Over the last several years, 3D printers that use conveyor belts as limitless build platforms have been growing more popular. In 2017, Italian company Robot Factory launched its own FFF…

Robot Factory Introduces the Sliding-3D Conveyor Belt 3D Printer for Uninterrupted 3D Printing

Later this week at Maker Faire Rome, Italy-based Robot Factory will be presenting its new Sliding-3D system, which uses a conveyor belt as an essentially limitless build platform. The company is…

3D Printing: The Stories We Missed This Week — January 14, 2017

On this week’s edition of “The Stories We Missed This Week,” we’ve got a wide range of news spanning from drone swarms to 3D printing WordPress plugins. First off, Italian…

Easily Create Molds from 3D Printed Objects with Robot Factory’s 3D FORMING System

Many 3D printer manufacturers are strictly focused on 3D printing – and there’s obviously nothing wrong with that, but it’s interesting to see what other companies are doing to meld…

Robot Factory’s Desktop Electroplating CopperFace System Debuts at Maker Faire Rome

While it is gaining ground in the automotive and aerospace industries, metal 3D printing is still prohibitively expensive for most makers. There are of course several 3D printing service providers…

Italy’s Robot Factory Team Uses CopperFace Kit to Galvanize 3D Prints With Great Results

The Italian companies are always some of the most interesting when it comes to 3D printing. Hailing from a country steeped in a history of fine art, fine wines, and…

Robot Factory’s CopperFace Machine Turns 3D Printed Plastic Into Metal!

One of the benefits of 3D printing in plastic, is that it is relatively cheap and easy to do. However, when it comes to creating decorative items and jewelry, typically…

MakerBot-Ready Apps Portal Launches With an Initial Eight Apps From the Developer Program

MakerBot has already established a pretty comprehensive positioning in the 3D printing world. The company, a subsidiary of Stratasys and the parent of Thingiverse, produces some of the most popular desktop…