News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Ultimaker, a leader in desktop 3D printing, announced that the Ultimaker Material Alliance Program has now influenced over 80 companies worldwide to develop material print profiles for FFF/FDM 3D printing. Ultimaker first formed the program in April 2018 to meet the growing demand for industrial-grade engineering 3D printing materials.
One of the primary ecological concerns of our time is plastic consumption and waste. Of the plastic we use on a day-to-day basis, less than 10% is recycled, with the rest going into landfills and, as it becoming increasingly clear, the ocean. In addition to curbing plastic consumption and reducing what we use, there is also a growing effort to find sustainable alternatives to the ecologically taxing material. One such effort is coming out of MIT, where the Mediated Matter lab is developing a technology for 3D printing water-based biopolymer composites.
Air New Zealand recently completed a proof of concept in which it i ...
This year, Hanbang Technology introduced a new technology called Laser Additive & Cutting Manu ...
It is believed that the output of metal 3D printing has been calculated by many companies engaged in ...
In metal powder bed laser melting technology (SLM), the unsupported or reduced number of supports ha ...
FDM is not only as useful as the small desktop computer we saw. FDM can be very large and can be so ...
Whether a testament to the accuracy of 3D printing technologies or the vulnerability of the Samsung Galaxy S10’s unlocking system, a recent experiment by Imgur user [darkshark], which used a 3D printed fingerprint to unlock the smartphone, has gained significant media attention.
Since The Who’s Pete Townshend smashed his first guitar on stage in the mid 1960s, the destructive performance has become something of a tradition in the music industry. And whether you see the act as an artistic expression or simply as an indulgent, even senseless, performance, there is no question that a violently smashed, splintering axe is an iconic image of rock & roll.
SmarTech Analysis published a new report titled, Additive Manufacturing in the Footwear Industry. In the report the use of additive manufacturing (AM) and revenues connected to 3D printed footwear products are projected to generate over $6.5 billion (USD) in yearly global revenues by 2029, growing at a 19.5% CAGR. The report also goes on to forecast that that by 2023 over $1 billion (USD) will be generated by 3D printed footwear parts alone, including additively manufactured insoles, midsoles, and uppers.