3D printing news

A few months ago we introduced you to Expert3D, a postgraduate course aimed at doctors, healthcare professionals, engineers and technicians in the healthcare sector. Offered by the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona (SJD) and other European medical centers, and…

This week, discover BCN3D’s solution for storing your 3D printing materials. The Smart Cabinet allows, according to BCN3D, users to store their filaments in optimal conditions. Next, we go to the Netherlands, in Rotterdam, where the organizers of the Eurovision…

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition involving various artists and performers representing countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union. To mark the occasion in the Netherlands this year, a giant 3D printed trophy made from recycled…

Over the years, researchers have combined 3D printing and hydrogels for a variety of different innovative projects including a lifelike model of a human heart, cancer treatment, artificial muscle tissue able to adapt its color and shape according to light,…

The Spanish company Mango has launched a collection of 3D printed accessories. Specifically, seven pieces make up the collection: a bag, sandals, a necklace, a choker, a collar, and two different pairs of earrings. This move makes sense when you…

After raising $150 million in a round of Series E funding led by SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2, Formlabs is now officially a multi-billion dollar company. At present, the company offers 3D printers, filaments, software and 3D printing services…

Sweden-based Celwise intends to change the way paper is made. Using additive manufacturing, specifically custom tooling produced on an ExOne machine, the company has developed a patented technology to make, mold and form paper using almost any form of cellulose.…

Leading 3D printing specialist, Ultimaker, has announced the launch of its new 3D printing material, Ultimaker PETG. PETG joins a number of other filaments offered by the company including, PLA, PVA, Nylon, CPE, ABS, PC, among others. The company stated…

Berkeley-based American company, Riven is launching a brand new re-scaling tool in order to reduce the effects of shrinking or warping incurred during the printing process on all 3D printed parts and allow users to print parts more accurately. The…

Founded in 2018, MELD Manufacturing has developed a metal 3D printer that’s a bit unusual: while most current solutions rely on fusion processes, thus melting metal particles together, this machine operates by using friction and pressure to make the material…

Can you imagine an AM platform that could 3D print your electric car battery? This is the dream that the American company Sakuu – formerly KeraCel – hopes to achieve by the end of 2021. In partnership with Musashi Seimitsu…

NASA has announced that its Robotic Deposition Technology (RDT) team is partnering with Aerojet Rocketdyne, an American rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer headquartered in Sacramento, to advance its 3D printing, and more specifically metal additive manufacturing, technologies. NASA also hopes…