3D Printing Media Network

Chromatic 3D Materials, Inc., a Minnesota-based materials developer for the 3D printing industry, has successfully closed a Series A financing round led by DSM Venturing, the VC arm of global science company Royal DSM. The two companies have also announced the signing of a preferred partnership through which Royal DSM …

Italian filament producer TreeD is treading new ground with its new PNEUMATIQUE 3D printing filament. The new material is derived from recycled rubber tires and offers similar qualities to the original material in terms of strength and flexibility. Though they are a daily part of our lives and may seem …

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time. The technology could be used by soldiers on the battlefield to print temporary sensors on their bodies to detect chemical or biological …

Siemens invited a number of global influencers and journalists to its AM Influencer Tour at Hannover Messe. The company is making giant moves in AM focusing on all relevant aspects of the end-to-end digital manufacturing process. Zvi Feuer, SVP Manufacturing Engineering Software, Siemens PLM Software, kicks-off the Hannover Messe tour with …

Metal 3D printing service provider 3DX Industries has achieved exceptional performance results from its series of production run parts manufactured for use by Alaska General Seafood’s  (AGS).  The parts were designed by 3DX for AGS as OEM replacement parts in their seafood canning line and are currently in use at …

The knee is one of the most vulnerable and short-life hinge joints in the human anatomy, with an average life expectancy of 50 years. Many seniors are suffering different types of knee problem, which affects normal lifestyle and reduce mobility in their old age. Equipped with a magnetorheological damper, BioNEEK …

Other than the fact that Stratasys – like GE, HP and Desktop Metal – is set on introducing a bound powder metal 3D printing technology we did not know much about the characteristics that the actual AM process would have. Now we have seen the first parts made with Stratasys’ …

Solvay aims to take additive manufacturing (AM) to the next level with the launch of three specialty polymer filaments that promise to introduce game-changing performance for 3D printed parts. These are based primarily on PEEK and PEEK composites, the demand of which has been increasing exponentially in polymer-based additive manufacturing. …

BAM, Clausthal University of Technology (CUT) and the Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) successfully tested their innovative 3D printing process for the aerospace industry during DLR’s 31st parabolic flight campaign. The team includes Dr.-Ing. Thomas Mühler from CUT; Marc Sparenberg from the …

Among other big news from one of the 3D printing market’s leaders participation at this year’s RAPID show in Texas, EnvisionTEC also unveiled two new medical-grade materials that make printing parts for safe implantation in humans. EnvisionTEC’s two new ready-to-print Medical Grade (MG) materials – a liquid silicone rubber and …