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3MF Format for 3D Printing: What it is, How to Use it

June 1, 2018 · As more 3D printing equipment supports color, texture, multiple materials and other developments, 3MF will play a key role in simplifying the process for everyone.

MELD Introduces Solid-State 3D Printing System

May 31, 2018 · By operating at lower temperatures, MELD’s technology is said to avoid material flaws like porosity and hot cracking. The company says this enables the 3D printer not only to produce high-quality parts, with full density, but also to consume less energy than melt-based processes.

Shapeways Expands Business Development Services

May 21, 2018 · 3D printing platform Shapeways has snagged another $30 million in new funding, which the company plans to use for expanding its end-to-end services.

BMW Shows Off Printed Motorcycle Frame

May 18, 2018 · The Additive Manufacturing Center at the BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre in Munich supplies roughly 140,000 prototype parts each year to the company’s different divisions.

PostProcess Adds Automation and Intelligence to Post-Processing Plastic and Metal AM Parts

May 17, 2018 · PostProcess has combined information captured in the digital thread during the design and printing stages with the necessary tasks of AM part support-removal and final surface-finishing, improving the entire process.

Premium Aerotec Acquires APWorks

May 14, 2018 · The deal will give Premium Aerotec access to other customers outside of its parent company, Airbus, which is expected to eventually sell the supplier.

Researchers Print Electronics on Human Skin

May 11, 2018 · The technology could be used to print temporary sensors on the bodies of soldiers, for example, to detect chemical or biological weapons. Printed solar cells could also be used to charge electronics.

3D Printing, Electric Vehicles Converge at GM

May 9, 2018 · GM leveraged Autodesk’s cloud computing and AI-based algorithms, using a generative design approach to create the part.

Navy to Develop Printed Repair Parts

May 8, 2018 · Teams will work to build digital twins from model-based data on parts and sensor data from metal 3D printers.

An April Additive Manufacturing Odyssey: RAPID + TCT 2018

May 4, 2018 · A recap of the RAPID + TCT 2018 conference.

An April Additive Manufacturing Odyssey: AMUG 2018

May 4, 2018 · A recap of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference 2018.

A Conversation with Carbon Founder and CEO Joseph DeSimone

May 4, 2018 · Joseph De Simone, founder and CEO of Carbon, talks 3D printing at scale, 3D printing design software, mass customization and more.

Audi Expands 3D Printing Efforts with EOS and SLM Solutions

April 30, 2018 · Audi sees a benefit both in the on-demand nature of additive manufacturing, as well as the ability to construct complex geometries.

Engineer Laps Boston Marathon in Custom 3D Printed Flip Flops

April 27, 2018 · Wiivv uses 3D Systems’ Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) S Pro 60s printers and has pioneered a process to convert the 2D scan file of a customer’s foot to a 3D model prepped for 3D printing output.

3D-Printed Yacht to Launch in 2019

April 26, 2018 · Yacht makers have also launched a company called OCORE to develop a dedicated direct extrusion 3D printing technology using a patented new material deposition strategy.

Volvo CE Prints Spare Equipment Parts

April 25, 2018 · By being able to print parts that are no longer being produced, customers can extend the overall lifecycle of the machines.

Polymaker, XEV Debut 3D Printed Electric Car

April 24, 2018 · Every visible part of the vehicle is 3D printed except for the chassis, seats and glass.

Air Force Looks to Printed Ceramics for Hypersonic Flight

April 23, 2018 · The Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate has entered into a cooperative research and development/material transfer agreement with HRL Laboratories to test silicon oxycarbide (SiOC) materials for additive manufacturing to help achieve hypersonic flight.

Printed Objects Change Size, Color

April 20, 2018 · This process can use a $1,000 printer to print what used to require a $100,000 printer, said Chenfeng Ke, an assistant professor of chemistry at Dartmouth."


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