3D printing news

Following its increased adoption of 3D printing, which has almost entirely replaced the company’s traditional methods for prototype manufacturing since April, McLaren Automotive has announced a multi-year collaboration with Divergent Technologies, a California-based leader in industrial digital manufacturing. This collaboration…

When it comes to 3D printing, many users find themselves facing a choice of either a high resolution or a high speed. It is indeed challenging to reconcile both without compromising. Printing nozzles with a small diameter enable intricate details…

Less than two weeks ago, RAPID + TCT, the largest additive manufacturing event in North America, took place. The event was a unique opportunity for many companies to showcase their latest innovations and products to the 3D printing community. Among…

Welcome to our compilation of this week’s most compelling 3D printing highlights. We begin with our very own video featuring Jason Lopes, CTO at Gentle Giants, as he takes the 3Dnatives team on an exclusive tour of the Hollywood Showcase…

It has been a particularly interesting week for additive manufacturing. Between the end of RAPID + TCT and the huge announcements that we saw (including Nano Dimension’s intention to acquire Desktop Metal in the coming months), there was so much…

A team of UC Berkeley researchers, spearheaded by Ph.D. student Taylor Waddell, has achieved a significant milestone in additive manufacturing with the development of the SpaceCAL 3D printer. Launched into suborbital space aboard the VSS Unity on June 8th as…

It seems that fast-food chain McDonald’s recently turned to 3D printing not to design new hamburgers, but to imagine the lighting fixtures for its restaurants around the world. For this, the multinational turned to Philips and additive manufacturing, after having…

Who has never seen the dreaded public health announcement from the USDA, “food recalled due to pathogens”? Whether E.coli, Salmonella, Listeria, Norovirus or any of the at least 31 pathogens known to cause foodborne illnesses, tracking and ensuring that these…

The collaboration between Makino and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has yielded a significant advancement in additive manufacturing: EHLA3D. This process, resulting from the integration of high-speed laser cladding technology with advanced five-axis CNC machinery, is transforming the…

The tumultuous merger discussions have once again come to a head. After hearing from Yoav Stern, Nano Dimension’s Chief Executive Officer, last week at RAPID + TCT 2024, it was clear that the company intended to move towards one goal,…

Have you been keeping up with all the news from RAPID + TCT? With a rapidly changing additive manufacturing landscaping, it can be hard to know what some of the most interesting technologies shown at the event were. That is…

Walking around the show floor at RAPID + TCT 2024, one fact quickly became clear: metal is increasingly important in the 3D printing world. Although polymers continue to dominate the market, metal additive manufacturing solutions and applications could be found…