by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D Trends, Military
Ever since word got out that the Pentagon spent $436 on a hammer in the 1980s, citizen watchdogs have kept a close eye on how much the Defense Department spends on its maintenance and upkeep. . To keep costs low on an aging fleet of airplanes, the USAF turned to 3D...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | Printers and Accessories, Product Reviews
Number of Views: 542 The go-to manufacturer of better-than-most budget desktop 3D printers, Shenzhen-based Creality has mastered its craft with fused deposition modeling (FDM) machines such as the CR-10 and Ender 3. . For the nascent hobbyist desktop resin 3D...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends
3D printing is a manufacturing game-changer . Calling all carnivores: ever thought about getting a meat printer? Of hand-crafting delectable beef steaks at home from plant proteins, that have the same texture, appearance and flavor as real meat, only without the...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, Archaeology & History, Art and Sculpture, Scanners and Scanning
In February of 2016, Hyperallergic reported that two artists secretly 3D-scanned the heavily guarded bust of Queen Nefertiti at the Neues Museum in Berlin, and released the files to the public as a free download. . German-Iraqi artist Nora Al-Badri and German artist...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D Models, 3D News, Architecture
The Boston Planning & Development Agency ( BPDA ) has long kept 3D models of its city. However, cobbled together over the years, the files are at times cumbersome and as firms increasingly turn to 3D printing for model making and testing, not so useful. ....
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, Materials
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. . The basis for this is a special resin that can be cured with UV light. Producing glass objects using 3D printing is not easy. Only a few groups of researchers around the...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Printers and Accessories
Anisoprint showed its newest product, the Anisoprint ProM IS 500 during Formnext. Now the company is officially announcing it as the first industrial 3D printer specifically designed to print high-temperature thermoplastics with continuous fiber reinforcement. . The...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies
The 3D printing industry is all set to grow, and Stratasys, one of the pioneers, is doing its job well, says Guy Yair, EVP, EMEA & APJ, at Stratasys . If I was a customer why would opt for Stratasys? . As a customer who wants to get into the 3D printing...
by David | Nov 27, 2019 | 3D News, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Metal
Optomec has developed a pure copper additive manufacturing (AM) process using the company’s LENS directed energy deposition (DED) systems. . ‘Pure copper is a big challenge for DED systems because of its high reflectance.’ said Tom Cobbs, product manager for Optomec...
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