New research from the US suggests that a well-established method of reducing residual stresses in metal 3D printed parts may not be as effective as the additive manufacturing sector thinks it is. &nbs...
Sauber Engineering AG, a division of the historic motorsport team Sauber Group, has told Metal AM that it intends to establish a 3D printing business for producing on-demand classic car spare parts. H...
It’s likely you’ll have seen Richard Browning, the founder of UK-based human flight company Gravity Industries, test his Jet Suit on board a British warship recently. The design, which has been in developm...
Researchers at North Carolina State University have utilized 3D printing to develop more comfortable radiation-receiving antennas for cancer patients to wear during microwave breast hyperthermia procedures.&nbs...
Each year, NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program awards contracts to small businesses across the United States to spur research and commercialization of innovative space technologies. As...
Among the startups aiming to disrupt 3D printing and composites manufacturing is Continuous Composites, based out of Idaho. The company’s Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D) technology offers a nu...
A team of China and Singapore-based researchers have 3D printed a device that’s capable of utilizing heat harnessed from the sun’s solar rays to make seawater safe to drink. Based around a fully-printed ceramic core...
Clinicians at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MIT have developed a novel 3D printed shielding that protects the healthy tissues...
Sister technology companies GE Aviation and GE Additive have begun 3D printing four new gas turbine engine parts for the very first time.Citing costs and time to market as primary factors in the decis...
German sportswear brand adidas and 3D printer manufacturer Carbon have released the latest version of their 3D printed 4D midsole, the 4DFWD.Manufactured using Carbon’s digital light synthesis (DLS) 3...
A team of researchers from Tufts University have developed a leather-like 3D printing material made of silk.As well as coming from a sustainable source, the material is entirely recyclable and biodegradable, al...
U.S.-based experimental design studio Slicelab has developed a novel concrete table using a 3D printed mold.The artistic furniture piece is called the Delicate Density Table, and it features a fluid, almost ext...
3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has added a new hybrid maxillofacial surgical guide to its Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP) medical planning portfolio. Combining the strength of titanium with t...
SmarTech Analysis has teamed up with the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Manufacturing Technologies (IAPT), one of the most important research institutes in additive manufacturing (AM), to sel...
Printstones, an Austria-based manufacturer of mobile 3D printing robots for the construction sector, has announced the launch of its latest manufacturing robot.The Baubot is characterized by its modular design,...
Ti-42Nb is a new alloy on the 3D printing orthopedics block and it might yet shake things up. The material, which is being offered by Taniobis’ AMtrinsic brand (formerly H.C. Starck Tantalum a...