3D Systems ramps up industrialisation of 3D printing with latest research contracts Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 5, 2015 Will future US Air Force machinery be made using 3D printing? For some parts, most likely 3D Systems has been…
Test your metal: ExOne’s Innovent 3D printer for materials R&D Posted by Stephen Holmes - January 26, 2015 The ‘laboratory-sized’ ExOne Innovent machine allows for testing material properties ExOne has launched the Innovent, and industrial-grade, ‘laboratory-sized’ machine, to…
Five 3D printing trends for 2015 Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 16, 2015 For 3D printing vendors, the New Year is not so much about new technologies, but new attitudes to what existing…
Is 3D printing a simple case of ‘press print’? Posted by DEVELOP3D - January 8, 2015 A lot of 3D printing marketing material often promises that you can ‘bring your dreams to reality at the press…
Is 3D printing a green technology? Posted by DEVELOP3D - November 25, 2014 3D printing is a green technology, right? Here Jeremy Pullin reveals that not all processes are as environmentally friendly as…
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…
Metals 3D printing: Aussie start-up offering sub £3k printer that can build in 20 metals Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 24, 2014 Billed as a ‘consumer grade’ metals 3D printer, the S1 can be supported on Kickstarter Australian start-up Aurora are promising…
Tungsten latest 3D printing material to light up interest Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 8, 2014 Smit Röntgen has spent the last 10 years developing its Tungsten 3D printing process Philips-owned company Smit Röntgen has announced…
Layerwise, and its proprietary metal 3D printing process, acquired by 3D Systems Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 5, 2014 LayerWise’s metal 3D printing technology produced this complex pure tungsten collimator with 20 loft holes for an MRI scanner 3D…
Lithoz ceramic 3D printers gets a boost from EOS investment Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 1, 2014 Lithoz ceramic 3D printers have received investment from EOS’ founder and CEO, boosting the chances of scaling this technology Lithoz,…