sla 3d printer

It was just two weeks ago that we reported on a company called Carbon3D and their extremely fast DLP SLA 3D printing process called “CLIP”. They claimed to be able…

Most of us are aware of the KISS principle: Keep it simple, stupid! And while simplicity is certainly a theme in many 3D printers, they are anything but stupid—and created…

When it comes to desktop Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printers, their is one company who is leading the pack by leaps and bounds. That company is Somerville, Massachusetts-based Formlabs. A major…

I’ve been predicting for some time now that Stereolithography technology will eventually be the preferred technique used in desktop 3D printing. The accuracy and speed, combined with the quality of…

Formlabs is a company that has gone from Kickstarter superstar to the leading manufacturer of consumer/prosumer SLA 3D printers. Their Form 1+ 3D printer is their latest machine. It was…

There is always that debate: which 3D printing technology is best for home/small business use? Is it stereolithography (SLA), like that found in the Formlabs Form1+ 3D printer, or is…

Way back in July of this year we covered a Cranberra City, Australia startup called Hardcotton which was in the process of developing a very unique Stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer,…

Several months ago we had an all out price war between several companies which launched on Kickstarter trying to become the world’s cheapest 3D printer on the market. While many…

The RepRap movement is probably the single most important aspect of the rapid rise of desktop 3D printing. The open source, do-it-yourself attitude, and ability to print the majority of…

Previously we have covered 3D printer manufacturers who have taken size to an extreme and created machines capable of taking up an entire room of a house. These printers are used…

I have been a big proponent of stereolithograhy (SLA) based desktop 3D printers because of the edge that they have in regards to speed, print quality and resolution when compared…

The news just comes pouring in for Italian based 3D printer manufacturer, Sharebot. Within the past week alone, we have reported on three different new 3D printers that Sharebot has…

Back in May, we learned that Autodesk had decided to jump into the 3D printing space, by announcing a new 3D printer that would be released at a later date….

Back in May, we reported on a 3D Printer called the LittleDLPer, which was an open source DLP SLA 3D Printer which had plans to launch a campaign on Kickstarter….

Throughout the first half of this year and the last half of 2013 we saw all kinds of innovation within the fused deposition modeling (FDM) based 3D printer market. New…

For years, the go-to technology for at-home consumer level 3D printing has been fused deposition modeling (FDM), where a spool of plastic material (filament) is melted and extruded onto a…

As a writer, one of the worse things you can do is repeat yourself from one article to the next. Unfortunately though, sometimes you are left with no alternatives. Over…

Many in the field of consumer 3D printing, believe that in the not so distant future, fused deposition modeling (FDM) based 3D printers will begin to be replaced by more…

Speeds of 3D printers are getting better. According to a recent presentation by 3D Systems, printer speeds are, on average, doubling every two years. This is an amazing statistic because…

mUVe 3D is known for their mUVe 1 resin based 3D printer, which was successfully funded on Indiegogo a little over a year ago. Now, Dean Piper, the founder of…

It’s been amazing, how over the past year or so, the prices of consumer based 3D printers have come down so considerably. We have seen printers like the Micro3D come…

At the HAXLR8R conference in San Francisco on Monday, 10 hardware companies debuted products which they believe will make a difference. One of those companies was KAST, who showed off their…