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Will 3D printing truly be disruptive? Not necessarily

September 6, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

If you’ve read the blogs and comments made by many who follow this industry, you are familiar with the claim that professional grade 3D printers will replace traditional manufacturing technology (CNC-based milling, machining, stamping, and so on), in … [Read more...] about Will 3D printing truly be disruptive? Not necessarily

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, CNC Milling Machines, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Machining / Milling Tagged With: 3D Systems, Voxeljet

ProJet 5000 3D printer offers large format precision and speed

August 27, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The ProJet™ 5000 large format professional 3D printer, from 3D Systems Corp, (NYSE:DDD) offers a 2X print speed increase and the highest print resolution available in its class. It is equipped with advanced print-head technology, delivering high … [Read more...] about ProJet 5000 3D printer offers large format precision and speed

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Industrial, News, Rapid Prototyping, SLA Tagged With: 3D Systems

Geomagic releases new Freeform and Claytools 3D modeling software

August 2, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Geomagic®, a global company providing 3D technology for digital reality, announced that it has released two new versions of software from its Sensable Group’s 3D modeling product lines – Freeform® v12 SP2 and Claytools® v4. These new releases are the … [Read more...] about Geomagic releases new Freeform and Claytools 3D modeling software

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Entertainment, Industrial, Medical, News, Reverse Engineering, Software

3D Printing solutions that make the design process flow

June 7, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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Using Objet’s rapid prototype technology, ISO 9001:2008 company Griswold Controls has developed techniques with 3D printing and rapid prototyping that minimize the time and costs to develop new products. On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM … [Read more...] about 3D Printing solutions that make the design process flow

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Industrial, Medical, News

Ink jetting, multiple materials, and color 3D printing

May 30, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The 2012 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference included a number of informative sessions that I'll be blogging about over the next few weeks.  One session focused on inkjet 3D printing. According to some at the conference, … [Read more...] about Ink jetting, multiple materials, and color 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Architecture, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Rapid Prototyping

Mcor announces full 3D color 3D printer

May 29, 2012 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

One of the features many engineers desire from 3D printers is color. The Zprinter machines, formerly made by Z Corp., now owned by 3D Systems, print in color through the use of colored inks. Mcor Technologies Ltd., joined the short list of companies … [Read more...] about Mcor announces full 3D color 3D printer

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Architecture, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Medical, News

Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers

May 16, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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Multi-jet 3D printing is one of the available rapid prototyping technologies. Objet’s technology lets you print multiple photopolymer materials simultaneously, including ones created “on the fly.” With this technology, you can simulate the … [Read more...] about Creating materials on the fly with multi-jet 3D printers

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Industrial, Medical, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA

An easier way to scan large objects

May 9, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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So what do you do when you have really large objects that you need to scan?  Like a car or an airplane wing.  Creaform, leader in portable 3D measurement technologies, has come up with an interesting solution--network several of its devices … [Read more...] about An easier way to scan large objects

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Industrial, News, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer

May 8, 2012 By Leslie Langnau 8 Comments

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A professional-use desktop 3D printer, FDM-based, for less than $10,000—this is Stratasys’ newest product innovation and the fulfillment of CEO Scott Crump’s long-time goal of putting a reliable, capable, accurate, and easy to use 3D printer on every … [Read more...] about Get your Mojo running—the newest professional desktop 3D printer

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, FDM, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Medical, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts

May 3, 2012 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) is not the same conference it was last year, or even a few years ago. This is the conference you want to attend if you want to learn more about operating, using, exploring, specifying, or justifying the … [Read more...] about AMUG recognizes 3D printer/AM experts

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, FDM, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Materials, Medical, News, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA, SLS

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