3D printing issues and challenges: Material costs Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 22, 2014 In the first of his comment pieces on 3D printing issues and challenges, Jeremy Pullin delves into the murky waters…
Making stuff: Lost-wax casting Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 26, 2014 The GemVision Revo540CX can produce super high detail wax parts for lost-wax casting in the jewellery industry In a week…
The Internet of Things: robots are taking over the automated smart factory Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 1, 2014 Intelligent Robots, should we be scared? In the 1980s car manufacturers in Detroit were prophesising a future of “lights-out” manufacturing…
3D printing optics process poised to take on injection moulding Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014 The new ‘LUX-Opticlear’ material means that the process might ready to compete with injection moulding A revolutionary method and new…
3D Printing in glass? HP keeps us guessing what technology it’s working on Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014 HP Labs has already been playing around with glass printing, comparing particle sizes and firing of the glass prints We’ve…
Space: Manufacturing for up in the stars gets lighter with every design Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 7, 2014 Sentinel-5 Precursor is scheduled for launch in 2016 to monitor the atmosphere from polar orbit. The satellite will carry the…
Reverse Engineering: A broken heart transforms into a gold pendant Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 7, 2014 A piece of film noir to get you interested in a piece of modern jewellery design The context of this…
Education: How to teach the teachers? Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 8, 2014 Black Country Atelier teaches children about design through 3D CAD and 3D printing, but is seeing a rise in school…
Metals 3D printing: Power of laser melting allows new materials control on a micro level Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 20, 2014 Using an Arcam electron beam melting system researchers say they can control the variations in crystallographic orientation in a nickel-based…
Brit band Klaxons go on tour with 3D printed guitars Posted by Tanya Weaver - October 27, 2014 3D printed guitars are on the road for the first time as part of the Klaxons tour which kicked off…