3D printing news

Aerospace is an industry that relies heavily on 3D technologies, whether to speed up prototyping, research or create end-use parts. Indeed, tools like 3D scanning and 3D printing are of paramount importance to many engineers and key players in the…

One of the sectors where where we have seen rapid growth of additive manufacturing is defense. From defined additive manufacturing strategies in both the UK and the US as well as a number of applications from trainings to active warfare,…

What does 2025 hold for the world of additive manufacturing? Amid geopolitical challenges, technological evolutions and new market balances, the 3D printing industry is gearing up for what is likely to be a critical year. To analyze emerging trends and…

At this point, you have almost certainly heard about the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). But did you know that there is an SPE Chapter dedicated entirely to additive manufacturing and 3D printing? We had the opportunity to speak with…

What if a 3D printing defect could become the key to developing a new technology? This is the proposal of a group of researchers at Hanyang University in South Korea, who took advantage of overcuring to create adhesive surfaces inspired…

The automotive industry has been using additive manufacturing for many years. Whether for designing prototypes or finished components, in polymer or metal, 3D printing has proven very useful, bringing numerous benefits to automakers. If we zoom in on motorcycles more…

A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has devised a method for creating customized gum grafts by combining 3D bioprinting and artificial intelligence (AI). The new technique, led by Assistant Professor Gopu Sriram from the Faculty of Dentistry,…

There was plenty of news this week on the additive manufacturing market! And we’ll start with the progress of a project we already reported on a few weeks ago: in Japan, the 3D printed structure used as a shelter in…

Over the past few years, we have seen a number of applications for 3D printing in both food and space. Now, the two are getting combined. Engineers at IHI Aerospace and Yamagata University, in partnership with Nordson EFD Japan, have…

3D printing is gradually overturning traditional production methods in many industrial sectors. Among the most innovative techniques is electron beam melting, better known as EBM. This process uses a high-energy electron beam to melt metal powders such as titanium or…

It may not be as American as apple pie, but Starbucks has quickly become an emblem of American soft power and consumerism, similar to McDonald’s. And now, Starbucks has announced its first-ever 3D printed location. Opening on April 28th, it…

Designing custom 3D-printable parts – like jigs, fixtures, or product-specific tooling – often requires manual modeling by experienced CAD users. This is a time-consuming process and is difficult to scale, so it often becomes a bottleneck in additive manufacturing workflows.…