Materials

In 2018, French company Nanoe launched its additive manufacturing material offering. Called Zetamix, it offers ceramic and metal filaments for extrusion processes (FFF). It facilitates the creation of customized ceramic and metal parts for professionals and manufacturers. Today, many research…

At Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), a team of researchers has developed a new 3D-printable ink made from sunflower pollen. More environmentally friendly, durable, and affordable, this bio-ink could be used to manufacture parts for tissue engineering or drug…

While the pandemic has shaken up many wedding plans, couples across the globe are rushing forward with previously postponed nuptials. To sweeten their experience, Los Angeles-based “digital bakery” the Sugar Lab is tapping into the wedding market using a patented…

Post-processing is an essential step in additive manufacturing. While it is the last stage in the manufacturing process, where parts receive their finishing touches such as smoothing and painting, it is also where many projects can bottle-neck and face various…

Teams from the Jean Lamour Institute (IJL), the Materials Science research laboratory of the University of Lorraine, have developed a method for producing magnets with a desktop FDM 3D printer. The researchers claim to have succeeded in integrating magnetic properties…

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and Local Motors, a next-generation vehicle manufacturer announced that they have completed a study to see whether parts made using large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) could be recycled into new materials before…

MeaTech has filed a provisional patent application in the United States Patent Office for their bioprinting method to make chicken and steak products using cells. The company has dedicated itself to clean farming through the development of an industrial process…

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the most widely used 3D printing processes on the market due to its ease of use, accessibility and performance. It is known especially for its compatible with a variety of thermoplastics, i.e. materials…

Additive manufacturing with metal is gaining in popularity. This is shown, among other things, by the increasing number of 3D printing companies that specialize in metal manufacturing or offer machines for metal printing. Aluminum, bronze, chrome, stainless steel, iron and…

Given the many advantages plastics offer, such as a lower cost, versatility and water resistance, they are popular materials in additive manufacturing. They can be used as filament for FDM printing, powder for SLS printing, or resin for SLA printing.…

Earlier this week, Impossible Objects announced that it would be joining a development agreement with Owens Corning targeted at developing new materials for Impossible Objects’ revolutionary composite-based additive manufacturing (CBAM) process. While Impossible Objects is both a 3D printers and…

UBQ Materials and Plastics App have joined forces to develop and launch a novel material in order to improve the functionality of sustainable 3D printing. The partnership derives from mutual recognition of the growing demand for zero waste supply chain…