3D printing news

Last Thursday, RAPID + TCT 2022 closed its doors after three days of conferences, networking, announcements and of course innovations. For the 30th anniversary of the conference, SME noted that they had over 400 exhibitors as well as more than…

Imagine a kind of software that can allow your FDM 3D printer to maintain a high printing speed while keeping a decent level of accuracy. The University of Michigan invented a solution following that exact idea. Back in 2017, we…

American medical device company Osseus recently announced the launch and FDA 510(k) clearance of its Pisces-SA standalone Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) system. It has been developed to be used with bone screws and alternative fixation bone anchors to enable…

PrintFoam, a start-up company founded by Alumni of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, recently announced the development of the first printer hardware specializing in the industrial-scale printing of resin foams. Of all the additive manufacturing materials on the market, 3D printing…

For many companies, digitization and automation are the keys to the further development of additive manufacturing. Thus, more and more manufacturers are relying on cloud-based solutions and integrating various algorithms into their 3D printing solutions in order to exploit the…

The general consumer behavior has changed almost completely within the last decades, whether it is in the fashion, automotive, or even the food sector. Trends such as veganism or the idea of eating more sustainable and healthy food products altogether…

RAPID + TCT 2022 has officially started. Already before the event, a number of exciting launches and announcements generated buzz and it is safe to safe that the atmosphere here in Detroit is reflecting that. Over the course of the…

Weren’t able to attend RAPID + TCT 2022? The largest trade show in North America took place in Detroit, Michigan between May 17th and 19th. After three keynote presentations and over 105 hours of educational content, the event has closed…

There have already been attempts in the past to counteract bee mortality with the help of 3D-printed beehives. The company HIIVE, for example, uses recycled materials to create a habitat for honey bees that is as close to nature and…

A while ago, in 2020, Spanish company BCN3D and the German Henkel group joined forces for a long-term partnership. Recently, it has been announced that the collaboration will now focus on developing formulations for the recently launched Viscous Lithography Manufacturing…

French-German company CoreTechnologie is adding new features to its CAD software, 4D_Additive, which is designed specifically for additive manufacturing. 4D_Additive 1.4, the latest version of the software, can now repair and simplify 3D scan data and STL files with a…

It is hardly a secret that prototyping was one of the first applications for SLS 3D printing and is still one of the most popular. However, as machines, materials and post-processing are now reaching the standards expected by the manufacturing…