In today’s RAPID news, Terry Wohlers gave his annual State of the Industry address. Here are a few of his points I found most interesting. –Even though this…
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…
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,…
Here’s a recent note from Kai Backman, Founder & CEO of Tinkercad. You may have heard that, briefly, Tinkercad was going to be discontinued as a CAD tool. …
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…
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,…
Faster build speeds, tighter tolerances, smoother finishes, desktop size, and lower costs are just a few of the wishes of many who work with or who desire 3D…
My colleague, Evan Yares, recently took a closer look at the latest developments with Alibre and Geomagic Design, two companies recently acquired by 3D Systems to supply a…
According to the ASTM standard terminology definition, material jetting is a process in which droplets of build material are selectively deposited onto a build bed to develop a…
In the past few years, a number of videos about 3D printing have emerged. Some just show the machines in action. Others tell a human story in connection…
Leslie Langnau is the Managing Editor of the Design World Network. She also has more than 20 years experience as a technology editor, covering such areas as controls, mechanics, mechatronics, couplings, industrial networks, and the field now known as additive manufacturing (formerly rapid prototyping).
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