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SmarTech Report Show Low-cost 3D Printing Market Is Alive and Healthy AM Industry

by Business

As 3D Systems pulled out of the consumer market and Stratasys moved MakerBot production to Asia, a new “pack” of low-cost 3D printing market leaders has emerged by successfully catering to the needs of prosumers and enterprise level adopters. The latest Opportunities in Low-Cost 3D Printers: Technologies, Materials and Markets 2016” new SmarTech report goes on to analyze who these companies are and why they have been able to succeed where larger ones have failed.

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Tomás Díez, Director of the Fab City Research Lab, On the IN(3D)USTRY Show and Barcelona’s Leading Role in Digital Manufacturing 3D Printer Hardware

by Automotive

Question: First and foremost, can you tell us what Maker Pro of In(3D)ustry From Needs to Solutions is all about? Answer: Maker Pro is a physical and mental space that comprises a series of activities for visualizing and experimenting with the true potential that individuals and communities will have in the future of manufacturing; these […]

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Onshape’s FeatureScript Puts You in Charge of Your CAD System AM Software

by Design

Launched back in 2012, the Cambridge-Massachusetts based startup Onshape has become known across the 3D design industry for being the first to fully immerse CAD software into a cloud system. The company was founded by members of the original SolidWorks team, along with other expert engineers. What makes Onshape unique is its teamwork-driven environment, enabling designers across the world to work in unison using a web browser, phone, or tablet. After commercially releasing Onshape in December 2015, and quickly becoming a game-changer in the CAD industry, the Onshape team has now announced FeatureScript, which will offer their customers the ability to change the way their personal Onshape CAD system operates.

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Delphi Automotive 3D printing final parts with Carbon M1 3D Printer Hardware

by Automotive

Jerry, Delphi’s manager of additive manufacturing development, was first introduced to Carbon in April, 2015. A 31-year veteran at Delphi, Jerry has been working with additive manufacturing technologies for more than 20 years. His team’s day to day operations focus on prototyping a host of parts including electrical connectors, grommets and housings. Working with the M1 has allowed them, for the first time, to develop functional prototypes, run true part validation testing and explore new opportunities for the production of final, end-use parts.

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Prodways P1000, the First sub-$100,000 Industrial SLS 3D Printer with PA6 Material 3D Printer Hardware

by Technologies

At the opening of Rapid, the unrivaled additive manufacturing event, from May 16 to 19 in Orlando, Florida, Prodways, a subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, presented its new industrial laser sintering printer, the Prodways P1000 (Pro Maker), and announced the signing of a strategic partnership with the leading chemical company, BASF, for the marketing of their new PA6 laser sintering powder.