3D printing news

Our 3D startup of the month, CASTOR, comes from Israel and has developed a software solution to help manufacturers reduce their lead times and manufacturing costs in 3D printing. Its objective is to take advantage of all the benefits of…

Having started at a 3D printer company to support customers working with 3D printing parameters, today, 3DOptimizer enables much more. The company offers a software that aims to optimize the settings for FFF 3D printing in order to avoid faulty…

At the University of Cambridge, researchers have just started a three-year research programme to accelerate the manufacture of 3D printed metal parts using computer-generated holography. This photographic process makes it possible to reproduce the relief of objects using the interference…

The German multinational pharmaceuticals company, Bayer, has announced that it will test new drugs on 3D printed heart tissue. Tel-Aviv University achieved a big breakthrough last year when it unveiled the world’s first 3D printed heart and vessels, and it…

More often than not robotics and 3D printing are a combination that guarantees success. The capabilities provided by robotics together with the reduced production time and costs of additive manufacturing make it an efficient solution for many application areas. This…

In Rotterdam, Netherlands, the first 3D printed pedestrian bridge is being built, and should be installed before the end of 2020. Currently, it’s a wooden footbridge that exists in the Kralingse Bos, soon to be replaced by a lightweight 3D…

When it comes to product development, additive manufacturing has an important role to play, allowing for quicker iterations, leading to shorter production times. Many design offices have equipped themselves with 3D printing solutions to accelerate innovation and bring to the…

This week we found the top 5 videos about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is changing production. The technology has infiltrated many sectors, from medical to automotive – check our selection of the week to keep up with the innovations! If you enjoy these, you…

It is not an exaggeration to say that in the last two years the world has seen some extraordinary advances in alternative production methods of meat. If a decade ago phrases like “3D printed vegan meat” or “meat 3D printed…

By now we already know that one of the biggest advantages of 3D printing is that it allows almost limitless freedom of design. And who is enjoying it the most if not fashion designers? Finally having an opportunity to create…

At Rice University, in order to print complex 3D shapes, researchers use not polymers or metals but sugar! An ingredient that could have a particular impact on the medical sector and the understanding of our cells: indeed, with powdered sugar,…

Damascus steel is a type of steel originally used for sword blades. In Germany, a team from Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology have developed a process that allows this type of steel to be…