Materials

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.…

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…

Not so long ago, the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) released its report on the environmental impact of metal additive manufacturing. Conducted by Jeremy Faludi of Delft University of Technology and Corrie Van Sice of Dartmouth College, the study…

Last year, the Polish manufacturer Zortrax announced the arrival of a new industrial 3D printer with dual extrusion: Zortrax Endureal. This machine is capable of printing high-performance materials such as PEI or PEEK, thanks in particular to its controlled temperature…

Sandvik’s additive manufacturing and metal powder specialists are preparing for the future of medical implants. The high-tech and global engineering group is currently unlocking the potential of 3D printed titanium devices for the medical industry at their cutting-edge titanium powder…

Founded in 2015, Continuous Composites is opening a 7,500 square foot facility for research, development, and additive manufacturing in Idaho. The new building demonstrates their patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology at the largest scale to date, increasing their…

In the food industry, 3D printing technologies are changing the way we produce and consume foods. They can help create analogues of meat products, recycle food waste, or customize the shape and properties of dishes for example. Most people being…

At MIT, researchers and engineers often imagine creative projects and develop innovative products related to the world of 3D technologies. Recently, Jack Forman, one of the graduate students, developed a new type of textile by exploiting one of the common…

Concrete is one of the most widely used man-made building materials and one of the world’s most consumed substances, second only to water. It is cheap, abundant, and capable of heavy loads, but, it is also brittle and tends to…

In the EU, the BARBARA project, part of Horizon 2020, aims to develop new bio-based materials with innovative functionalities. These materials are designed to be used during material extrusion, otherwise known as Fused Filament Fabrication, to create parts. This project,…