stereolithography
Continuous Oscillatory Baffled Reactors: Complex Lab Equipment Made Easy Through 3D Printing
Continuous oscillatory baffled reactors (COBRs) may be baffling to many, but for Victor Sans and his team at the University of Nottingham, the equipment is vital to their work. The complex structure of…
Looking For a New Car? The Limited Edition Nissan Rogue One Comes with a 3D Printed Death Trooper Helmet, Courtesy of Gentle Giant Studios
Sometimes reboots of our favorite television shows and movies work out okay, like Fuller House on Netflix – I don’t find it amazing, but it gives me a warm, nostalgic…
Ogle Models Uses 3D Printing to Help Develop Next Generation Business Class Airplane Seats for Zodiac Aerospace
I only fly on an airplane once, maybe twice a year, and while I appreciate how much faster this mode of travel is (if everything is running according to schedule,…
New Version of QuantAM Build Preparation Software for Renishaw, Thanks to Collaboration with Spatial Corp
The result of a collaboration between 3D software development tool kits provider Spatial Corp (a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, which was showcased in July) and UK-based engineering and scientific technology…
Formlabs Releases Improved Durable Resin Formula, Plus Two New Resins for Engineering Applications
If you mention stereolithography (SLA) 3D printing, the one company that immediately comes to mind is Formlabs. They are, after all, the company that brought SLA printing to the desktop in…
Visionsforge Set to Launch Their Sub-$1000 Forge 1 Desktop SLA 3D Printer
Currently FDM technology still dominates the home and small business 3D printing industry, though in the last few years we’ve seen desktop stereolithography (SLA) and direct light projection (DLP) printers start…
The NEOS 800: RPS Releases Professional New SLA 3D Printer at TCT Show Birmingham
As TCT Show Birmingham kicks into high gear, 3DPrint.com has been on location where over 200 exhibitors are showing their high-tech goods to visitors from more than 60 countries. One new…
EnvisionTEC Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Formlabs
This week Michigan-based industrial 3D printer manufacturer EnvisionTEC filed a lawsuit in a California federal court accusing MIT spinoff Formlabs of patent infringement. According to the lawsuit, Formlabs’ desktop Stereolithography…
From Shutter to Lens, This 35mm Camera is Entirely 3D Printed
I’ve noticed that a lot of makers harbor a love for older methods of creation, such as traditional photography, alongside newer ones like 3D printing. For some creative individuals, the…
Materialise 3D Prints Majestic Ring for Tomorrowland Music Festival Video
Ever since the first edition took place in 2005, Belgian summer has been overtaken by Tomorrowland, the explosive and immensely popular electronic music festival held in a wooded area just…
Beat the DLP Printer! Autodesk Shows You How to Achieve Sub-Pixel Resolution, Manipulating Voxels with Luminosity
If you are a 3D printing enthusiast bent on making objects that are extremely accurate and with superior resolution, you’ve probably explored 3D printing processes such as Stereolithography (SL) and…
There’s Still Time! Register for Free August 4th Webinar on 3D Printing Technologies Presented by 3DPrint.com and Formlabs
One thing I like about working for 3DPrint.com is the fact that while we’re a news site, we’re not just a news site. Our goal is to provide our readers…
Sign Up Now for the Free August 4th Webinar Hosted by 3DPrint.com & Formlabs: How to Choose the Right 3D Printing Technology – FDM vs SLA vs SLS
They may have only been in the 3D printing space for five years max, but Formlabs has made good use of their time. Producing some impressive 3D printers, the Form 1+ and…
Join 3DPrint.com and Formlabs August 4th for a Free Webinar on Choosing the Right 3D Printing Technology
One of the more confusing areas for people just getting into 3D printing – and even for those with experience – is distinguishing what sets one printing technology apart from…
German Researchers 3D Print a Functional Micro-Camera Lens 0.1mm Wide
With the growing popularity of smartphones that have integrated digital cameras, camera technology has decreased in size dramatically over the last few years. But it has primarily been the electronics…
Belgian Designer and Materialise Team Up to Create the First Fully 3D Printed Luxury Glasses
While 3D printed eyeglasses frames have been around for years, none of the attempts to monetize printing custom glasses has really taken off yet. FDM technology still needs to work…
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…