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Autodesk agrees to acquire netfabb

September 24, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The chess board of the 3D printing industry just rearranged a bit with this announcement that Autodesk, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire netfabb, a Lupburg, Germany-based developer of software for industrial additive design and … [Read more...] about Autodesk agrees to acquire netfabb

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Entertainment, News, Personal 3D printers, Software Tagged With: autodesk

Special pricing on desktop 3D printers and milling machines

September 10, 2015 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

When asked, many potential users of desktop 3D printers and milling machines say cost is a big factor in the purchase decision. So, for all of you who are looking for a price break, check out the limited-time 3D product promotion from Roland DGA. … [Read more...] about Special pricing on desktop 3D printers and milling machines

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, CNC Milling Machines, Extrusion, Industries, Leslie's blog, Machining / Milling, Personal 3D printers Tagged With: Roland DGA

3D printer helps small dental labs compete

September 1, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Small but powerful 3D printers are coming to small businesses. The latest example is a printer that enables smaller labs to produce a range of dental and orthodontic appliances in-house – changing the economies for these smaller dental labs by … [Read more...] about 3D printer helps small dental labs compete

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Material Jetting, Materials, Medical, News, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: Stratasys Ltd.

3D Systems introduces engineering grade Nylon

August 19, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D Systems has expanded its PlasticJet Printing materials to include a new Nylon for its CubePro 3D printers—a desktop printer that can suit a number of professional engineering applications as well as consumer applications. The engineering-grade … [Read more...] about 3D Systems introduces engineering grade Nylon

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Extrusion, Material Jetting, Materials, News, Personal 3D printers, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Systems

We have a winner!

August 3, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Did you enter the recent Stratasys Ltd contest to win a Mojo 3D printer? Held earlier in the summer, readers of Design World were given a chance to enter and potentially win a Mojo printer.  The Mojo is a desktop printer that uses Fused Deposition … [Read more...] about We have a winner!

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Extrusion, Leslie's blog, Materials, Personal 3D printers Tagged With: Stratasys Ltd.

Formulate 3D Printing resins for specific mechanical properties and surface quality

July 1, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Bomar oligomers , from Dymax Oligomers & Coatings let you formulate printing inks and 3D printing resins for SLA, DLP, and 3D inkjet printers. You can choose oligomers with varying Tgs that allow flexibility in mechanical properties. For example, … [Read more...] about Formulate 3D Printing resins for specific mechanical properties and surface quality

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Material Jetting, Materials, News, Personal 3D printers, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: dymax corp

Does 3D printing need its own operating system?

June 18, 2015 By Leslie Langnau 3 Comments

Whether you use professional 3D printing machines or more commercial desktop units, every user has some issues with getting the designed part to print correctly. Part of the problem is the software used to convert a design into 3D printable … [Read more...] about Does 3D printing need its own operating system?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Extrusion, Leslie's blog, Personal 3D printers, Personal 3D printing software, Software, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: 3DPrinterOS

A primer on rapid prototyping

June 15, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Digital Manufacturing is probably a new term for many. In Brian Underdahl’s book, Proto Labs Special Edition Digital Manufacturing for Dummies, the author combines CNC machining, injection molding and 3D printing into this overall umbrella … [Read more...] about A primer on rapid prototyping

Filed Under: 3D Printers, CNC Milling Machines, Industries, Leslie's blog, Materials, Personal 3D printers, Rapid Injection Molding, Rapid Prototyping, Software Tagged With: Proto Labs Inc.

How many companies produce industrial-grade additive manufacturing machines?

April 9, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Fun facts from Wohlers Report 2015: --The market for additive manufacturing, consisting of all AM products and services worldwide, grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35.2% to $4.1 billion in 2014. --The industry now has 49 … [Read more...] about How many companies produce industrial-grade additive manufacturing machines?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Industries, Materials, News, Personal 3D printers

What is FFF?

April 6, 2015 By Mike Santora Leave a Comment

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The term Fused Filament Fabrication or FFF was created by members of the Reprap project to avoid litigation over the previously trademarked term Fused Deposition Modeling coined by Stratasys, LTD. Both terms describe a nearly identical additive … [Read more...] about What is FFF?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Extrusion, FAQs, Personal 3D printers Tagged With: Reprap, Stratasys Ltd.

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