3D Printer Rankings

3D printing materials have continued to develop in recent years, meeting the demand of professionals looking for solutions that can meet industrial, mechanical and chemical constraints. The additive manufacturing market has therefore begun to welcome more high-performance materials, that are…

Selective laser sintering – or SLS – technology is based on the fusion of a plastic powder using a laser. Historically, the process was relatively inaccessible because the machines remained expensive and quite hard to comprehend. But in recent years,…

Stereolithography, better known by the abbreviation SLA, became the first 3D printing technology when it was imagined in 1986 by American Chuck Hull, later founder of 3D Systems. The process, which is based on the photopolymerization of a UV-sensitive resin…

When it comes to industries adopting 3D printing, one of the earliest and most fervent supporters of the technologies is of course the medical sector. Indeed, AM is becoming a crucial tool in healthcare thanks to a variety of factors.…

3D printing of large parts is now possible in several different ways: since the machines are limited by the size of their build plates, it is possible, for example, to design several parts and then assemble them. This solution obviously…

The dental industry is one of the sectors that has been rapidly adopting additive manufacturing for the creation custom-made devices, adapted to each patient. From a 3D scan or medical imaging data, dental professionals can obtain accurate 3D models and…

The democratization of 3D printing has led to a meteoric rise in the number of machines available on the market, but above all to a strong competitiveness when it comes to price. It is currently possible to buy a 3D…

3D printing with classic materials such as plastic, metal or ceramics is widespread. In the meantime, however, there are a variety of material alternatives that are not only unusual, but also can make the 3D-printed part even more special. In…

3D scanning is often used in the additive manufacturing (AM) sector to design a 3D model more easily than via modeling software. It captures data that is then transformed into a 3D model which can then be 3D printed. 3D…

Most FDM 3D printers are now sold as Plug & Play models. However, this wasn’t always the case. The origins of these 3D printers trace back to the RepRap project, started by Adrian Bowyer in 2005. This movement still continues…

Material Jetting is one of the seven families of additive manufacturing processes. As the name suggests, it consists of depositing material on a printing tray, layer by layer, much like a 2D printer that drops ink on paper. Here, the…

Additive manufacturing is not limited to small parts and models that can be made at home. Some machines offer very large print volumes going into cubic meters. This eliminates the need to assemble different components to create a larger part.…