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3D printing—an industry in flux

February 10, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The initial question from the early developers of rapid prototyping (RP) technology (now known as 3D printing) was, “Is there a better way to prototype?” The answer became stereolithography, fused deposition modeling, and other technologies now … [Read more...] about 3D printing—an industry in flux

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

First a jaw–medical applications of 3D printing

February 6, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

example of 3D printed jaw implanted in 83 year old patient

The news of a 3D printer-created lower jaw made of titanium powder has been populating the twitter-verse.   While this is probably a first time attempt to actually implant something like this in a human body, 3D printer companies like EOS  and others … [Read more...] about First a jaw–medical applications of 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, FDM, Featured, Leslie's blog, Medical, News, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Printing, additive manufacturing, EOS, Fused deposition modeling, rapid prototyping

Rent CAD Software?

February 2, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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In addition to renting a 3D printer system, would you also consider renting CAD software? Recently, Ashlar-Vellum offered their line of CAD programs under a number of licenses, including permanent, one-year, and monthly rental. Though Ashlar’s … [Read more...] about Rent CAD Software?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Featured, Leslie's blog, Software

Have we reached an agreement on what to call this industry?

February 2, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Did you miss it? Todd Grimm, long time follower and analyst of the Additive Manufacturing/3D printing industry recently declared that the term 3D printing, by popular usage, is the official name of this industry. Two years ago, ASTM attempted to … [Read more...] about Have we reached an agreement on what to call this industry?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Leslie's blog, News, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

A simple scanning tool for personal 3D printers

January 31, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Geomagic's Kinet-to-3D software for personal 3D printers

In the personal 3D printer field, one concern is whether the average user not trained in CAD will get any benefit from these devices sufficient to sustain the growth of this nascent  industry. If you’ve never designed anything in your life, how do … [Read more...] about A simple scanning tool for personal 3D printers

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Leslie's blog, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D scanners, 3D Systems, additive manufacturing, Geomagic, rapid prototyping, Reverse Engineering

Can open source 3D printing be more than a hobby?

January 11, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Back in the 1960s, when Gene Roddenberry was developing his ideas for the Star Trek series, one of his thoughts was that we would live in a society without money. His vision was that we would be more focused on self-actualization, which would drive … [Read more...] about Can open source 3D printing be more than a hobby?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, Leslie's blog, Personal 3D printers, Rapid Prototyping

The 3D printer home market takes shape

January 10, 2012 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D printer for home market

It looks like the big players in the additive manufacturing market are taking the potential of the 3D printing home market seriously with the introduction of a new 3D printer from 3D Systems specifically geared to the home market, and rumors of a … [Read more...] about The 3D printer home market takes shape

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Consumer Products, Featured, Leslie's blog, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D Systems, additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, rapid prototyping, Stratasys

3D printing’s stellar, amazing year

December 25, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

3d Printing goes into space

What a year 3D printing technology had in 2011! This approximately 25 year-old industry is enjoying a second round of “good buzz” thanks in large part to what have been labeled personal sized, hobby, or Maker units and the media fascination … [Read more...] about 3D printing’s stellar, amazing year

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Medical, News, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA, SLS Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D Systems, additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, Fused deposition modeling, Objet Geometries, Quickparts, Selective laser sintering (SLS), SLA, Stratasys, ZCorporation

And the winner is…

December 22, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D systems wins in 3D printing competition

For the past several years, Make Parts Fast parent magazine, Design World, has held a Leadership In Engineering competition among various companies in various industries.  Winners are chosen by you, our audience. The guidelines for your choice are … [Read more...] about And the winner is…

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Leslie's blog, News, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D Systems, additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping

3D printing used to “print” blood vessels

December 19, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D printing technology used to make blood vessels

One of the more interesting aspects of 3D printing technology is how science is using it to spark a number of potential developments, for example, its use in medical application. Some scientists have “printed” non-functioning organs out of … [Read more...] about 3D printing used to “print” blood vessels

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Leslie's blog, Medical, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Printing, additive manufacturing, direct digital manufacturing, materials, rapid prototyping

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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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