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Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has become a strategic partner in GE Additive‘s binder jet beta partner program. Sandvik has one of the widest alloy programs for additive manufacturing on the market, marketed under the Osprey brand. As the other contenders, Desktop Metal and ExOne have joined forces, GE Additive and HP…
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3D printing provider Essentium, Inc. has come out with a line of all-in-one 3D printing adhesives for its portfolio of High Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing materials. The adhesives were developed in collaboration with Malta-based Thought3D, the company behind the well recognized Magigoo 3D printing bed adhesive brand. The new…
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Malta-based Thought3D, a specialist in 3D printing adhesives, has revealed the latest additions to its Magigoo product family: Magigoo Flex and Magigoo HT. The two new first-layer adhesives add to the company’s growing portfolio of specialized Magigoo adhesives for industrial 3D printing materials. Just over a year ago, Thought3D announced…
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Mitsubishi Chemical and atum3D have successfully co-developed a new resin for atum3D DLP (digital light processing) printers. The material, which can solidify under a 365 nm light source, will be named DiabeamTM. Mitsubishi Chemical’s expertise in the formulation and production of UV resins and atum3D’s competence in combining chemical expertise…
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William Sloth is a high school junior from upstate New York. He is an avid 3D printeer and a dedicated environmentalist, as well as – like many young Americans – an entrepreneur at heart. Combining his passions and aspirations he recently founded the 3D printing recycling company, Project PLA, aiming…
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Anisoprint, a Skolkovo-based company that is emerging as the first direct competitor to Markforged’s continuous composite fiber 3D printing technology, is introducing a new composite basalt fiber material for use with its 3D printers. The new material is said to have better properties than metal or plastic: 15 times stronger…
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Seeing the first layer of your 3D printed part peel off mid-build is always disappointing, and results in wasted print time and materials. Thankfully, there are a handful of companies that have honed their expertise in chemicals and materials to develop 3D printing-specific adhesives to solve the scourge of the…
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UPM and Carbodeon are developing cellulose and nanodiamond reinforced raw materials for 3D printing. The nanodiamond additives provide the product not only improved stiffness and strength but also higher heat deflection temperature. The product novelties will be available both for Fused Granular Fabrication (FGF) and for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF).…
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Chilean-American company Copper3D, specialized in the development of antimicrobial materials for 3D printing, has joined the Ultimaker Material Alliance Program from leading 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker. Copper3D is a company that has been much talked about in recent months for its rapid progress in the segment of “active materials” with…
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SABIC is introducing the new AMS31F filament, the company’s breakaway support material for thermoplastic filament extrusion technology. The new filament maintains rigidity during printing and provides exceptional pliability during post-processing to enable easier removal of scaffolding at room temperature, which can help reduce the time required to produce finished parts.…
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