It’s the end of the year and the end of a decade. The zeroes (or naughties) are over and the twenties have begun. What will 3D printing have in store for us over the next ten years? That’s anybody’s guess. We’d love to have a time machine so we could find out. What we do …
2019 Year in Review: The Most Important 3D Printer Launches Read More »
You may remember back in May we covered the news that Builder 3D were upgrading their Extreme 3D printer range. The upgrades then included a 7” touchscreen, filament detection and a UPS system for the Extreme 1000, Extreme 1500 and Extreme 2000. The company aren’t stopping there though and have since announced they will be …
Builder 3D Upgrades Extreme PRO Range with Faster Print Speeds and More Read More »
Date: Tue, 28 January 2020 – 09:30 – 13:30 GMT Venue: Manchester Metropolitan University Register for free here. Something exciting is coming! On 28th January 2020 at Manchester Metropolitan University, the FIRST EVER Additive Live event will take place. Additive Live is an all-new 3D printing event focussing on additive manufacturing in further and higher …
Mobile robots like drones are advancing at a rapid rate, and the traditional manufacturing techniques used to make them are struggling to keep up. 3D printing has found added value in the robotics industry for this reason. It enables rapid prototyping and small series production of parts without the restraints posed by traditional manufacturing. …
Manufacturing Low-Cost High-Quality Drone Parts with Avular and HP Read More »
Even for experienced architects, model making can be relatively simple or immensely complex. Rough study models can be made quickly with cardboard, polystyrene and foam, but this is as easy as it gets. Complex shapes, organic shapes and geometries need a more detailed approach which takes time. This is inefficient, high-cost and unworkable if …
3D Printing the Museum of the Future with Ultimaker 3D printers Read More »
Accuracy is the name of the game with dental 3D printing. Precision models like biocompatible surgical guides, splints, fixed patterns and dentures have to be made to an exact specification as outlined in CAD to be usable, which is why the consistency and reliability of a 3D printer is so important. Formlabs has been at …
Every so often, a machine or device comes along that changes the way we do things. For manufacturers, engineers and designers, 3D printing is the newest such thing, allowing them to fabricate and make parts and tools in-house. However, 3D printing has a key limitation, and that is extruder temperature. You see, different plastics have …
3D printing is a huge opportunity for product manufacturers to create their own line of customised tools and equipment for their production line. This process reduces costs, lead times and eliminates dependency on third party suppliers. It can also bring about functional benefits, such as reduced weight and better part reliability. Wärtsilä, a global leader …
How Wärtsilä Saved Over €100,000 in Tooling with the Markforged X7 Read More »
Gerhard Schubert GmbH is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance packaging machines. Their top-loading packaging machines are considered the best on the market, widely used in manufacturing plants by brands like Nestle and Ferrero to automate the packaging line. Developed over a period of 50 years, their top-loading packaging machines …
How Schubert GmbH Created a Digital Warehouse with 3D Printing Read More »
If you think you know the print quality fused filament fabrication is capable of, wait until you see the Ultimaker S5 in action. The S5 is Ultimaker’s top-of-the-range 3D printer with a bigger build volume than the Ultimaker 3 and superior mechanical components. It is engineered to print reliably at scale with a dual …
