Polymer

Metal

Affordable 3D Printing Powders Made from Barstock, No Melting Required

DirectPowder, a proprietary technique from Metal Powder Works, transforms solid metal or polymer into 3D printable powder. The solution promises distributed production of both materials and parts, even in the field.

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Materials

Vat Photopolymerization and VOC Emissions: Study Results and User Guidelines

New research conducted by Chemical Insights, part of Underwriters Laboratories, is studying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particles emitted by resin-style 3D printers. Here are what the results indicate and how to operate machines safely.

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Production

Stratasys Expands Material Options for New Manufacturing Systems

RAPID 2021: New materials offer solutions for advancing additive manufacturing at production scale.

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Supply Chain

Markforged’s Eiger Fleet Enables More Control, Automation of Distributed Manufacturing

Cloud-based software solution manages distributed manufacturing operations on an enterprise and global scale with increased efficiency and insight.

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Mold Tooling

‘Tera 250’ Becomes ‘Fabrica 2.0 Machine” Following Acquisition by Nano Dimension

Nano Dimension changes name of Nanofabrica Ltd. to ‘Nano Dimension’s Fabrica Group.’

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Production

Expanding Materials, Applications for Inkjet 3D Printing

Traditionally, the materials available for inkjet 3D printing have prevented the process from being used in production of end-use parts. But machine vision systems and AI are broadening the materials and applications for inkjet 3D printing.

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Metal

Farsoon Reaches Milestone 500+ Installed Systems

Manufacturer of metal and plastic laser sintering systems is seeing an increasing demand for large-volume functional parts fabrication, especially in the aerospace and automotive industries.

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Polymer

Arburg Freeformer Covers Range of Industrial AM Applications

RAPID 2021: Arburg’s Freeformer 200-3X and 300-3X produce complex, functional parts.

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Custom Heels Are a Step Up for Circular Fashion, Sustainable Manufacturing

Custom shoe company Hilos demonstrates how, with additive manufacturing, relative outsiders can not only launch a product, but implement a new production mindset into an established industry. The company is bringing comfort and customization to fashion footwear with sustainable, on-demand production based on 3D printing.

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Researchers 3D Print Customized Sensors with Integrated Electronics

Inductive proximity sensors come in cylindrical metal casings in which a coil, circuit board and plug are installed in a fixed configuration and can be used for non-contact detection of metal objects.

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