stereolithography
3D Printing Healthcare Market is Expected to Grow by 18% Annually Until 2020
One of the faster growing markets to adopt 3D printing technology is the healthcare industry, which has been rapidly developing new medical applications at an astounding rate. What once was just…
Sculpteo Continues Testing Carbon CLIP Technology and Materials with Cyanate Ester
When 3D printing startup Carbon released the first video of of their CLIP 3D printing technology in action it was almost unbelievable. Watching a solid, three dimensional model be pulled from…
Zhuhai CTC Electronic Will Start Offering OEM Services to 3D Printer Manufacturers Looking to Develop SLA Technology
Leading Chinese 3D printing technology manufacturer Zhuhai CTC Electronic Co. has announced that they are launching new OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturing) services for their high-precision stereolithography (SLA) technology. The goal…
Disney Research Just Invented a “3D Copier” That Uses Light-Cured Resin to Duplicate Entire Objects Instantly
Using light-cured resins to 3D print physical objects is not a new technology. In fact, the oldest form of 3D printing is stereolithography (SLA), a process that uses a laser…
3D Systems Set to Show Off Their Industrial 3D Printing Tech as Part of the Largest Hannover Messe 2016 US Business Delegation
After a brutal 2014 and 2015, 3D printing industry leader 3D Systems has been recently getting back to their roots by focusing more on their large stable of industrial 3D…
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Partners with Somos to Develop New Stereolithography Materials
Despite a growing interest in 3D printing and 3D printing technology, many businesses are still wary of bringing 3D printers into their workflow. While the costs in technology and materials…
UNIZ Technology Launches Kickstarter for Slash Consumer LCD-SLA 3D Printer for Under $1000
It is starting to look like we’re entering a new phase of 3D printing that may make standard FDM desktop 3D printing virtually obsolete. Fused deposition modelling has pretty much…
3D Systems Celebrates 30 Years in 3D Printing and Showcases Their Renewed Focus on Industrial Applications at AMUG 2016
Embattled 3D printing industry leader 3D Systems looks to be starting off 2016 in far better shape than many insiders expected. With recent, albeit rather minor, bumps in stock prices…
Bunnie Huang Tears Down a Form2 3D Printer and Finds Out What Makes It Tick
Stereolithography is actually one of the oldest varieties of 3D printing, with roots that go back all the way to the 1970s. However, before Formlabs launched their record-breaking nearly $3…
Materialise and Structo Launch New Structo PrintWorks Build Processor
Belgium-based 3D printing software developer and 3D printing services provider Materialise teamed up with Singapore-based SLA 3D printer manufacturer Structo to create a dedicated build processor. The new PrintWorks build…
NewPro3D Hits CES 2016 to Show Off Their Super Fast ILI 3D Printer
After their very public spat with a rival light-cured resin 3D printer manufacturer in November, the Canada-based NewPro3D had been keeping a relatively low profile. While the company was almost…
Hack of the Day: Build Your Own UV Cure Box for Under $30, Courtesy of Formlabs
Stereolithography printers are lovely, aren’t they? They’re fast, they’re smooth, and they create great detail. Post-processing can be a bit of a bother, though. SLA pieces tend to need additional…
Researchers Create a Fully Articulated 3D Printed Soft Robot Octopus Tentacle
I’ll be the first to admit that there is a lot of humor to be had in the fact that scientists 3D printed an articulated tentacle, and trust me the…
ARRK Creates New 3D Printing Facility in Poland
This bit of news has to begin in 1948 in Osaka, Japan with the founding of a tooling company. Since that time, they have grown from a small office in…
Dem Bones Seeks to Revolutionize Veterinary Education with 3D Printed Canine Skeletons
We’ve shared a lot of stories with you about the benefits that 3D printing has provided for medical education, for example the 3D anatomy series produced by Monash University. Now a project…
Researchers Create a High Viscosity SLA 3D Printer That Can Print Teeth, Metals & More
Typically when we think of desktop 3D printers, we either picture an FDM/FFF, extrusion based machine, or an SLA (steterolithographic) machine. Both of these printers have their positive and negatives…
A PowerPoint 3D Printer: Missouri Teacher is Building a Unique $20 3D Printer with His Students
When it comes to 3D printing within the classroom environment, there are some teachers who welcome it with open arms, while there are others who are deathly afraid of the…
Formlabs Heads to Germany, Opens Office in Berlin, Partners with iGo3D
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…
Autodesk Open Sources Their 3D Printer Resin – Providing Recipe to All & Opening the Door to New Materials
Open source technology is what brought the desktop 3D printer space to where it is now. If it weren’t for groups such as RepRap, who really encouraged the sharing of open…
3D Printing Your Heart of Gold via a CT Scan
It’s probably not quite what Neil Young had in mind, but Canadian artist Brendon McNaughton has a heart of gold. Or at least, after seeing the possibilities for 3D printing…
33cm Tall, Extremely Detailed Bear, Printed on a Form 1+ 3D Printer in 7 Pieces
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…
IIT Student Creates ‘The Bug’, a Fiber Composite 3D Printer
Whether you are religious, atheist, agnostic, or none of the above, you have to admit that when it comes to nature, a lot can be learned. For example, the invention…
Julien Maire Creates Unique 3D Animated Cinema Using 3D Printed Objects in Place of Film
“Film making is a huge privilege; it’s not brain surgery. It’s art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process.” ~ Actress Lake Bell Film making is certainly a…
Project PAM – College Students Look to Create an Entirely Open Source DLP 3D Printer
Open source has contributed to 3D printing in such a tremendous way. Without the open sourcing of many desktop 3D printers several years ago, the space would not be nearly…
