Additive manufacturing must meet widely varying needs, from testing new alloys in a laboratory to manufacturing metal components for industrial applications. Research centers want to optimize material usage in their trials. Manufacturers need equipment that can produce larger parts and…

A small electrostatic discharge can damage an electronic component. This phenomenon occurs when static electricity accumulated on one object transfers to another, sometimes in the form of a small spark. Although this is usually harmless to people, it can affect…

A titanium implant tailored to a patient’s anatomy, an algorithim-designed bra, and a rocket engine manufactured as a single part. These projects may seem to have little in common, but they have all reached the finals of the 2026 Formnext…

Metal 3D printing has become very good at melting powder, but what happens as that metal cools and solidifies has been left largely to chance. For anyone working in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), the result is familiar: residual stress,…

HP Multi Jet Fusion technology has long been associated with large-scale industrial production. With the new HP Multi Jet Fusion 1200, HP is bringing that same technology to a compact format designed for smaller workspaces and tighter budgets. In this…

In September, we put Meshy 7.1 through the 3Dnatives Lab and looked at what the slicer actually receives when you turn a photo into a 3D model. For simple objects, Meshy did what it promised, and every surface the camera…