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Out of the Box

Let there be 3D printed “light”

March 26, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Clear materials for 3D printing have been available for a while now.  With the addition of a specialized 3D printer, though, engineers will be able to design and develop amazing optic devices. The lead company in this part of the 3D printing market … [Read more...] about Let there be 3D printed “light”

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Industrial, Medical, News, Out of the Box, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: LUXeXceL Group BV

Innovations in 3D printers: meter-sized build tables

February 19, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

“They” say that bigger is better. And in the case of 3D printing systems, engineers have long wanted to move beyond the 12” x 12” x 18” average build size of many 3D printers. At the recent ATX West show in Anaheim CA, PBC Linear introduced a 3D … [Read more...] about Innovations in 3D printers: meter-sized build tables

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Extrusion, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Medical, News, Out of the Box, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: 3D Systems, 3dpunlimited, pbc linear, Stratasys Ltd.

Improving nanoscale additive manufacturing

October 23, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

A Department of Energy grant will fund research to advance an additive manufacturing technique for fabricating 3D nanoscale structures from a variety of materials. Using high-speed, thermally-energized jets to deliver both precursor materials and … [Read more...] about Improving nanoscale additive manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Materials, News, Out of the Box

How the Voxeljet continuous 3D printer works

October 21, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Here's an interesting video of the Voxeljet 3D printer. The manufacturer of this printer, Voxeljet, just had an initial public offering. The cool thing about this printer is that you can build very long items.  This video explains more. Leslie … [Read more...] about How the Voxeljet continuous 3D printer works

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Materials, Out of the Box, Powder Bed Fusion, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Rapid MFG Tagged With: Voxeljet

LulzBot’s fifth generation 3D printer can print without computer

October 16, 2013 By Michael Jermann Leave a Comment

Lulzbot-Taz 2

On the heels of the launch of the LulzBot TAZ 1 earlier this year, Aleph Objects, Inc. announced the release of its fifth generation TAZ 3D desktop printer. New to the TAZ 2, the printer features an LCD display with an SD card reader that lets you … [Read more...] about LulzBot’s fifth generation 3D printer can print without computer

Filed Under: Out of the Box, Personal 3D printers Tagged With: 3D Printing, ABS, HIP, Lulzbot, PLA

How can 3D printers build differently?

July 11, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Based on discussions I’ve heard lately, the next trend in 3D printing/additive manufacturing will be systems and machines that execute the 3 dimensional build function differently. For example, engineers and makers are already thinking about how you … [Read more...] about How can 3D printers build differently?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Entertainment, Extrusion, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Medical, Out of the Box, Personal 3D printers, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News

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

May 22, 2013 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

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, developed by Petr Novikov and Saša Jokić, who claim that this is a new … [Read more...] about Out-of-the-box 3D printing: anti-gravity object modeling

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Architecture, Consumer Products, FDM, Leslie's blog, Materials, News, Out of the Box, Rapid MFG

Desktop 3D printer with print bed big enough for a basketball

May 14, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Aleph Objects, Inc. has introduced a 3D printer, the LulzBot™ TAZ to its line up that it claims is a "a game changer." With the "largest print volume of any desktop 3D printer in its class," the TAZ (formerly known as TK-0) can print on a 12 in. X 11 … [Read more...] about Desktop 3D printer with print bed big enough for a basketball

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Entertainment, Industrial, Out of the Box, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: alephobjectsinc

“Out-of-the-box” 3D printer designs

May 14, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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 printers. How can developers deliver such features? Some will argue better components. Some … [Read more...] about “Out-of-the-box” 3D printer designs

Filed Under: 3D Printers, FDM, Featured, Leslie's blog, Out of the Box, Personal 3D printers, Rapid Prototyping, SLA

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