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To a certain extent, doom and gloom characterized the additive manufacturing industry over the course of 2024. Between firings, bankruptcies, failed mergers and more, no one was feeling particularly optimistic about the 3D printing market. But could that be changing…

For this week’s Top 5, dive into a story about how one man 3D printed an electronic wakeboard! It might motivate you to start a project of your own. Then, meet the first family to move into a 3D printed,…

In this week’s #3DExpress, certification is in the spotlight. First, Materialise announced that it had gained EN 9100 certification for its metal AM processes. Now, the Belgian company is looking to help the aerospace sector identify and source flight-ready 3D…

Mardi Gras is quickly coming up! Taking place this year on Tuesday, March 4th, the holiday is most associated with New Orleans, where the party does not stop between January 6th and the actual day. But there is another aspect heavily associated…

3DEXPERIENCE World 2025, the event organized by Dassault Systèmes that brings together thousands of professionals, designers, engineers, makers and creatives each year, has ended. This year it was held in Houston, Texas, February 23-26. 3DEXPERIENCE World is an opportunity to…

Nature never ceases to surprise us. It is also a great source of inspiration for the additive manufacturing market, as demonstrated by a recent study published by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. It highlights a new 3D printing method, called…

3D printed heart valves have been around for years. In fact, in 2023 the Cureus Journal of Medical Science published Trends and Challenges in the Development of 3D-Printed Heart Valves and Other Cardiac Implants: A Review of Current Advances, which…

3Dnatives announces the departure of its CEO, Alexandre Martel, who founded the company and headed it for over ten years. This news comes almost two years after the company was acquired by Society of Plastics Engineering (SPE). This acquisition enabled…

One of the countries where we are seeing the fastest growth in additive manufacturing is undoubtedly China. And while many associate the Chinese market with desktop solutions, whether extrusion or vat photopolymerization, there are a growing number of manufacturers offering…

Can holograms improve the additive manufacturing process? This is the subject of a study by a team of scientists from EPFL and the University of Southern Denmark. They sought to understand how to perfect tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing (TVAM). Instead…

Among those who drink coffee daily in the United States, over 80 percent drink two or more cups a day. At a minimum, that means 14 cups of coffee per week, or 728 cups of coffee a year. In total,…

When most people think of tolerance, what comes to mind is the ability to accept or tolerate somebody or something. However, there is another meaning when it comes to manufacturing and instrumentation, where tolerance is defined as the limit of…