Visiting the Midwest RepRap Festival, you will, of course, find a ton of 3D printed baubles and trinkets. A slightly more interesting find at this year’s MRRF was a lot of resin cast parts from [Mark ...
When I poured 3D printer resin into silicone molds, I didn’t expect what happened next. The reaction, texture, and final ...
RIT engineering technology researcher Christopher Lewis develops self-healing materials to improve 3D printing processes and ...
Photocurable 3D printing, widely used for everything from dental treatments to complex prototype manufacturing, is fast and precise but has the limitation of being fragile and easily broken by impact.
Additive manufacturing technology can be leveraged as an intermediate process. The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is ...
As anyone who has used an FDM printer can tell you, it’s certainly not the magical replicator it’s often made out to be. The ...
Elektor engineer Saad Imtiaz shares his workflow for designing 3D-printed enclosures using tools like SolidWorks, Onshape, ...
Vat photopolymerization is a 3D printing technique in which a light-sensitive resin is poured into a vat, and then ...
Scientists at EPFL have reimagined 3D printing by turning simple hydrogels into tough metals and ceramics. Their process ...