Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

Stratasys to enhance full-color, multi-material 3D printing with KeyShot launch

Stratasys announced full KeyShot 10 rendering software integration with its J55 and J8 series printers, which allows the systems to accurately simulate color, material and finish in prototypes. . The J55 and J8 are full-color and multi-material printers that have...

The World’s Largest Metal 3D Printer is Printing Rockets

We’ve often wondered why stealth mode startups have websites. Isn’t being found the one thing you don’t want to happen when operating in stealth mode? Not so says Bond Collective, a provider of “thoughtfully curated boutique work environments” that charges...

FDA approves patient-specific total ankle surgical planning and 3D printed instruments

3D Systems announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided 510(k) clearance for the Vantage Ankle PSI – its patient-specific total ankle surgical planning and 3D printed instruments. The product includes pre-surgical planning and a patient-specific...

3D Printing Process Combines Plastic and Metal

Researchers at Waseda University in Japan have developed a metal-plastic hybrid 3D printing technique that fabricates plastic objects with an adhesive metal coating on defined areas. . People can currently use 3D printers to create objects out of either plastic or...