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Record attendance at 2013 RAPID Conference on 3D printing

Monday, June 17, 2013

More than 2,500 attendees turned out for the 2013 RAPID Conference and Exposition, almost doubling last year’s attendance and reflecting widespread excitement about 3D printing and additive manufacturing,…

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3D Printing and the paradigm shift in design

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

By Chuck Alexander, additive manufacturing product and design, Solid Concepts 3D Printing has been getting a lot of press lately and naturally we all want to know if…

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At RAPID, manufacturing may be the long sought “killer app”

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

What a difference a year makes. Not that long ago, (really, as recently as last year) the RAPID show was typically held in a big-city hotel ballroom. Not…

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3D printing aids motorcycle safety

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

By: Paul Garcia, Creative/Technical Writer | WAGO Corporation Screeching tires let electrical engineer and Vectolabs, LLC CEO, Faizal Ali know he almost became a National Highway Traffic Safety…

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Innovator of unique Digital 3D Printing Advances Company Growth

Friday, May 31, 2013

LUXeXceL Group, the inventor of the proprietary Printoptical Technology, announced the completion of the A-round by a Dutch venture capital company Chrysalix SET and the U.S. based Turnstone…

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Wohlers 2013 report: growth of low-cost “personal” 3D printers cools significantly

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Within the 2013 edition of the annual Wohlers Report is the following data: –The market for 3D printing in 2012, consisting of all products and services worldwide, grew…

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Out-of-the-box 3D printing: anti-gravity object modeling

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

One of the more interesting aspects of additive manufacturing/3D printing is how other people are exploring innovative ways to add material to create an object. Here is Mataerial,…

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Wohlers 2013 report identifies trends in 3D printing and additive manufacturing

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Wohlers Associates, Inc. announced the release of the Wohlers Report 2013, the company’s annual in-depth analysis of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing worldwide. The report reveals trends…

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Formlabs is shipping the Form 1 3D printer

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Formlabs announced that it is now shipping its Form 1 Desktop stereolithography 3D printer. Noted the company blog, “We are proud to say that today we shipped the…

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Using 3D printing to include electronics into designs

Friday, May 17, 2013

As 3D printing (3DP), additive manufacturing technology advances, one area manufacturers are working on is including electronics into the 3DP process. Several industries, including aerospace and the military,…

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