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Battery Cell Production Begins at Tesla’s Futuristic Gigafactory Additive Manufacturing

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Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy through increasingly affordable electric vehicles in addition to renewable energy generation and storage. At the heart of these products are batteries. Today at the Gigafactory, Tesla and Panasonic begin mass production of lithium-ion battery cells, which will be used in Tesla’s energy storage products and Model 3.

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Shining 3D Launches New Consumer 3D Printer and Einscan-Pro+ 3D Scanner at CES 2017 3D Printer Hardware

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The true era of consumer adoption has only just begun for 3D printing: several innovative products are enabling users to digitally capture 3D objects and reproduce them more easily than ever before. With extensive experience and a large number of exclusive patents in the world of 3D scanning, Shining 3D brings the world-class 3D technology to CES 2017. On the opening day of the show, January 5th, the company is officially debuting its new Einscan-Pro+ handheld 3D scanner and the Einstart-C consumer 3D printer.

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Dremel Switches to 3DPrinterOS to Provide Cloud Connected 3D Printer Platform 3D Printer Hardware

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With 3D printing doubling every year, Dremel has switched to cloud operating system 3DPrinterOS, so consumers who buy their newest 3D printers can use it as easily as they use their smartphone. With over 12.000 parts powered in over 100 countries, this announcement solidifies 3DPrinterOS’ position as the premier software to power desktop 3D printing as the 3DPrinter OS software platform supports over 100 different printing manufacturers – the most of any other software provider.

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Top 10 3D Printing Technologies, Events and Applications of 2016 3D Printer Hardware

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While it was a somewhat challenging year for the entire industry, 2016 will probably be remembered as the year when 3D printing finally moved away from prototyping as most 3D printer manufacturers came to the realization that the future is digital production. This realization was driven by giant companies like HP, GE and others, investing significant resources toward this new objective, with this reflecting on all other players, including low cost filament based system manufacturers. Our list of the top applications for 2016 can but reflect this trend.