News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
The Lisa desktop SLS 3D printer by Sinterit is one of the most widely available desktop printers in the world. Launched by a small Polish company just a few years ago, the system has come a long way and is now ideally set up to compete in the ensuing race for dominance of the […]
Nano Dimension Ltd., a leader in the field of 3D printed electronics, announced tha ...
Japanese company Mimaki is introducing a brand new approach to 3D printing with the Mimaki 3DUJ-553 UV LED printing solution. This is the world’s first 3D printer with over 10 million colors, enabling the production of colour-realistic signs, prototypes, parts, products and other 3D printed applications that eliminate the need for time-consuming hand painting of 3D printed objects.
XYZprinting, one of the world’s leading affordable 3D printer manufacturers, is ushering in a new era of full-color 3D printing with the da Vinci Color – the world’s first full-color 3D printer that uses 3DColorJet technology – combining inkjet printing with the fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing process. Announced at IFA 2017, the da Vinci Color (MSRP $3499.95) is available now for preorder on the XYZprinting e-store for USD $2,999.95.
It has been in the making for almost four years, since the original patent expired in February 2014, now the time seems to have arrived for low-cost SLS systems to take over the benchtop and the prosumer 3D printing market. Four years seems to be the necessary time period to bring a new technology to market: it took about this long to HP for its multijet fusion and for low cost filament extrusion (FFF) to go from a few scattered maker’s projects to a young industry.
EMO is the main reference event for DMG MORI and within every edition, the company sets up a huge display of its capabilities. This year more than ever before, AM will play a key role, with the LASERTEC 65 DED (powder-fed) system and the new LASERTEC SLM (powder-bed) system, resulting from the Realizer acquisition. In total over 8 new system launches will provide insights on the company’s Digital Factory strategy.
Recently introduced by Singapore based Ionic3DP (and launching on Kickstarter in September), Kappa is the world’s first 3D printer which integrates, in its innovative design, an improved version of the Scott Russell Exact Straight Line Mechanism. Used in the automobile industry and in pick and place operations as a robotic manipulator in manufacturing industries, this proven technology guarantees precision and quality consistently.
After 12 months of development, Shining 3D, the 3D technical leader in 3D digitizing and printing solutions, is launching the Einstart-C, the next generation of Einstart series desktop 3D printer. The systems, announced earlyt this year at CES in Las Vegas, promises great improvements in terms of printing speed, stability and overall performance, meeting the increasing demand for individual, home and school use of the 3D printer.
Industrial vacuum cleaner experts VAC-U-MAX are introducing a new Metal Powder Recovery System (AM-MPRS) for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing applications, that now offers conveying, screening, recovering and reuse of metal powders including Inconel, Stainless Steel, Haynes 282, and Cobalt Chrome. The VAC-U-MAX AM-MPRS increases productivity of Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing Machines by extracting metal powders from the printing bed via vacuum, and then sieving the metal powder for future use – cutting metal powder recovery time by 85%.
Markforged is one of those companies that – like so many others in the 3D printing industry – is so much focused on the quality and the engineering of the products it develops that it does not particularly care about letting the world know they exist. Luckily we occasionally find out about their latest product launch: not just any launch either, but three new, industrial grade composite 3D printing systems known as X3, X5 and X7.