3D Platform Ships 500 Large Format Printers in Three Years 3D Printer Hardware
3D Platform marked a major milestone earlier this month when the company shipped its 500th large format 3D printer — in just three years.

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3D Platform marked a major milestone earlier this month when the company shipped its 500th large format 3D printer — in just three years.
Aleph Objects have released information about 10 new products for near term release. The products include Free Software, tool heads, printer accessories, and filaments that expand and improve functionality and user experience with LulzBot products. The string of new products demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to 3D printing innovation and collaboration.
ANSYS, a global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software, announced today that it has acquired 3DSIM, the developer of premier additive manufacturing simulation technology. The acquisition of additive manufacturing simulation leader 3DSIM gives ANSYS the industry’s only complete additive manufacturing simulation workflow. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
TRUMPF presented what it considers the world’s fastest and most productive medium-format laser powder bed fusion 3D printing system at the formnext trade fair in Frankfurt. The TruPrint 5000 works according to a multi-laser principle with three beam sources and is equipped with optics specially designed by TRUMPF.
As a result of the growing need within the AM industry to implement efficient material handling solutions, Russell Finex has applied over 80 years of experience in manufacturing sieving and separation solutions to develop the award-winning Russell AMPro Sieve Station – the first system of its kind – to ensure a key industry need is met: guaranteeing the powder handling process is fully controllable, repeatable and with minimal operator involvement.
In an interesting case study, Formlabs reported on how Aaron Sims, founder and president of Aaron Sims Creative (ASC), an up-and-coming visual effects (VFX) and design studio in Burbank (alongside large, established companies like Weta and ILM) use a Form2 3D printer to bring to life the monster in season one of hit TV series Stranger Things. Apparently he is not the only one 3D printing a demogorgon.. or a demodog.
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Stratasys a global leader in applied additive technology solutions introduced GrabCAD Voxel Print, a new software solution for its J750 3D printing solution which provides true voxel level control during the design and 3D printing process. Manipulating microscopic voxels, which are the building blocks of 3D printing, enables users to achieve 3D printed effects and […]
Stratasys is collaborating with e-Xstream engineering, a world leader in multi-scale modeling of composite materials and structures, to deliver high performance process modeling and structural analysis numerical tools for Stratasys additive manufacturing solutions throughout the Digimat platform.
On the first day of FormNext, the world’s largest trade show for professional 3D printing technology in Frankfurt, Germany, Additive Industries shared its new five year plan. Based on the progress the company has made as well as the performance of their MetalFAB1 industrial 3D metal printing systems the company is accelerating toward significant growth through 2022, which means a substantial increase in annual system sales and members of the Additive Industries team.