Al Dean

Al Dean is formerly DEVELOP3D’s editor in chief and has been writing and talking about product development technology for the last 20 years. With a technical background in product design and engineering, he still gets excited about new ways to apply a fillet.

Formlabs updates Durable resin

Posted by - February 1, 2017
Formlabs’ Durable Resin has been updated – perfect for prototyping those tricky polyprop parts Hot on the heels of the Ceramic resin launched at CES, Formlabs have added another new…
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Review: Ultimaker 3 Extended

Posted by - March 27, 2017
Ultimaker has been taking the maker crowd by storm, but its latest product is looking to address the desktop professional market. Al Dean spends some quality time with the Ultimaker…
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Review: Markforged Onyx One

Posted by - March 28, 2017
When Markforged announced the combination of a lower cost machine with its Onyx chopped carbon fibre material, we got a bit excited. Al Dean looks at how the company's entry…
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