3D printing news

Since the start of the year, the British manufacturer Rolls-Royce, a subsidiary of the BMW Group, has been 3D printing plastic and metal parts for its Rolls-Royce Ghost model. The parts are manufactured along the production line at various locations…

The young German startup, iFactory3D is a manufacturer of FDM desktop 3D printers that has developed a rather special machine that integrates a conveyor belt as the 3D printing plate. Called iFactory One, this solution allows to create parts of…

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…

Sinterit has just launched its Powder Handling Station (PHS), an accompaniment to SLS printers, designed to make post-processing and powder recovery as clean as possible. As the first company to introduce benchtop SLS technology, Sinterit have a reputation for breaking…

Stratasys has announced that it will acquire the 3D printing startup Origin Inc. in a transaction for total consideration of up to $100 million. Origin Inc. is a US-based startup that introduced its Origin One 3D printer back in May…

3D modelling is a key step in the manufacturing process of a product, especially when it comes to 3D printing. It involves specific knowledge and skills that are not always easily acquired. For this reason, several software companies have developed…

Austrian manufacturer, Rolf Spectacles, have developed a plant-based 3D printed eyewear collection using castor bean. Rolf’s latest collection, entitled substance, comes in six different colours and 23 different frame designs. Rolf is a family company based in Austria’s Tyrolean Alps.…

Today, the Additive manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) announced that its annual in-person conference had to be relocated and postponed. The AMUG conference will now take place in Orlando, Florida, from the 2nd to the 6th of May, 2021, at the…

What were the 3D printing trends of 2020? How is the additive manufacturing industry changing? Today, we look back on the 3D printing trends that shaped the industry during 2020. Despite COVID-19, the industry developed healthily and some exciting developments…

Additive manufacturing, in contrast to traditional machining techniques, makes it possible to produce parts with complex geometries whose total weight can be optimized using a numerical method called topology optimization. This method also maximizes the mechanical strength of the part…

Redwire, the new leader in mission critical space solutions announced that its Ceramic Manufacturing Module (CMM) – initially developed by Made in Space – successfully manufactured a ceramic part in space. Its module is based on stereolithography (SLA) and uses pre-ceramic…

On the 10th of December, 3Dnatives hoted a webinar with Prodways, Sculpteo and BASF Forward AM to talk about Polypropylene (PP) applications in Additive Manufacturing. Widely used in the plastic injection industry, Polypropylene offers interesting characteristics for industrial applications such…