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Formlabs Disrupts Market Again with Fuse 1 $10K SLS 3D Printer (and More) 3D Printer Hardware

At its Digital Factory conference today, Formlabs, the Massachusetts based designer and manufacturer of powerful, accessible 3D printing systems, officially presented Fuse 1, the company’s first selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer. Formlabs also presented the new Form Cell automated production solution for additive manufacturing, which is based on its best selling Form 2 professional SLA 3D printer.

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ColorFabb Supported BlackBelt 3D Printer Smashes Through $50K Kickstarter Goal 3D Printer Hardware

It may have been a little bit low, and the system’s potential may have been somewhat underestimated by its own creators, but that is quite refreshing in a 3D printing crowd funding world that has gone through more than a few bumps. The continuous-production capable BlackBelt 3D printer, which was announced just a couple of weeks ago, smashed through its initial $50K Kickstarter funding goal in just 15 minutes and is now headed toward production.

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IN(3D)USTRY Presents RESHAPE 17 | Programmable Skins Design Competition for Innovative Wearables AM Software

Online digital platform RESHAPE has launched the third edition of its innovative tech-oriented design competition. Co-organized by IN(3D)USTRY, a leading international conference on additive manufacturing solutions, and Noumena Studio, RESHAPE 17 | Programmable Skins invites designers from a range of different fields to create innovative wearables that effectively rethink and reinvent conventional clothing in a way that emphasizes the interconnections between users, environment and data—an intersection which is increasingly relevant in our contemporary lives.

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Thor3D Partners with PointShape Inspection Software Developer DreamT&S 3D Scanning Sevices

Russia’s leading 3D scanner manufacturer Thor3D is partnering with DreamT&S, the South Korean developer of the powerful inspection software PointShape Inspector. The two firms signed a collaboration agreement which indicates the companies’ commitment to each other and to working together to simplify and streamline the process of 3D scanning and inspection on industrial markets.