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HP Reimagines the Possibilities of 3D Printing

October 29, 2014 · Company finally reveals its plans for entering the 3D printing market.

Precious M 080 is Your Additive Manufacturing Jeweler

September 19, 2014 · Cooksongold and EOS have partnered to produce the Precious M 080, which uses direct metal laser sintering and gold alloys to produce jewelry and watches.

3D Printed Batteries May be Brought to You Courtesy of Graphene

September 3, 2014 · A company named Graphene 3D Lab has filed for a provisional patent for, “… materials and methods of 3D printable batteries.”

Company Profile: Mcor Technologies

August 18, 2014 · It was with low material costs in mind that the MacCormack brothers designed a 3D printing system to use standard office paper as its material.

3D Printing for Repairing Aerospace Parts

July 25, 2014 · America Makes has launched a $4 million project to develop additive manufacturing processes for repairing aerospace parts.

NASCAR Leverages Additive Manufacturing Materials

July 8, 2014 · Windform LX2.0 is an AM material developed that has found use in an electrical enclosure installed in NASCAR vehicles.

Sculptify Announces Desktop 3D Printer

June 27, 2014 · Sculptify seems to have heard the mutterings about materials and is responding by developing its first desktop AM system, named David.

Company Profile: Proto Labs Inc.

June 18, 2014 · Customers have guided Proto Labs into new areas such as offering liquid silicon rubber, metal injection molding, and 3D printing.

3D Systems’ Cube Gets a Green Makeover

June 17, 2014 · 3DS has teamed with EKOCYCLE to produce the EKOCYCLE Cube.

RAPID 2014 Comes of Age in Detroit

June 13, 2014 · Many of the presentations and announcements at RAPID 2014 focused on the role that 3D printing and advanced manufacturing have to play in boosting the profile of manufacturing in America.

Catching Up with Joe Lutgen, 2013 Rapid Ready Sweepstakes Winner

June 13, 2014 · Additive manufacturing, Joe revealed, is now an extension of" his consulting services."

RAPID Happenings, Part 2

June 13, 2014 · Another RAPID has come and gone, but while show might be over, the same isn’t true for 3D printing news it spawned.

3D Systems Wins Antitrust Lawsuit

May 16, 2014 · 3D Systems has won an antitrust suit brought against them by DSM Desotech.

Sustainable Filament Initiative Launched

May 8, 2014 · The Ethical Filament Foundation has been launched to directly source filament made of recycled plastics from waste pickers in the developing world to help improve economic conditions and provide more sustainable printing materials.

Solidscape Launches Max2 Wax Pattern Additive Manufacturing System

May 7, 2014 · Solidscape has a new tool to offer to jewelry designers and manufacturers with its new desktop Max2 wax pattern 3D printer.

Wisconsin Students Add a Spectrom of Color to Additive Manufacturing

May 6, 2014 · One of the great leaps in cinema was the transition from black-and-white movies to color. That isn’t to say truly great movies weren’t made in black-and-white (I’m looking at you Citizen Kane), but the move to color made the movie-going experience all that more engrossing. Color can perform similar work in additive manufacturing (AM) by driving the imagination further, and offering a wider pallete of possibilities. 


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