PLA and ABS are the two most commonly used 3D printer filaments, but PETG is emerging as a popular middle ground between the two. The PLA vs PETG war heats up when you learn of PETG’s great layer adhesion, strength and impact resistance — could it become the next go-to filament? Let’s find out, by […]
3D PrintingHow 3D is affecting Healthcare 3D printing is increasingly being adopted in a wide selection of fields and Healthcare is where it is having a major impact on people’s personal lives. One major field in healthcare that 3D printing is having a major effect is in Orthopedic surgery where doctors are printing 3D scans of […]
3D PrintingPhoto by Brightlands Pinkpop is one of the biggest festivals in the Netherlands that will take place this week on the 8th, 9th, and 10th in Landgraaf. The Pinkpop festival will last for three days bringing new artists, new genres, and many surprises. The festival will be celebrating its 50th-anniversary surprising people with an incredible […]
3D PrintingWhat is Additive manufacturing Additive manufacturing technologies describe the technical process of producing products via adding layers on top of other layers to create a 3D object. A 3D model is created by using software called Computer Aided Design (CAD). After designing the potential model, the part is optimized for the manufacturing process and sent […]
3D PrintingAdditive Manufacturing and the future Looking at stories from the media, there are many predictions that 3D printing is an integral part of the future of manufacturing. Currently, the technology is rapidly being adopted in many areas of industry and as time moves forward, we shall start seeing the technology being implemented in many use […]
3D Printing3D printing, a personalized oral drug delivery device A group of scientists from Singapore and Zurich universities published an article about 3D printing of wearable oral drug delivery devices. Sounds complicated? Worry not, the actual concept behind this research is simple and revolutionary. The authors wanted to make a customized drug delivery device, with pre-inserted medicine in […]
3D PrintingPEEK, also known as Poly Ether Etherketone, is seeing increasing use in 3D printing in recent times, but has been around since the 1980s. Offering fantastic mechanical properties, and as strong as steel by volume despite being 80% lighter, PEEK 3D printing is fast becoming adopted for a variety of industrial weight-saving applications. With patents […]
3D PrintingFused deposition modeling is the simplest and most affordable 3D printing technology, making FDM 3D printers the best 3D printers for beginners and hobbyists. Since FDM’s invention in the late 1980s and commercialization in the 1990s by Stratasys, FDM 3D printers have advanced to become smaller and more affordable. No longer industrial machines the size […]
3D PrintingResin 3D printers use SLA 3D printing, DLP or LCD technologies to create high-quality 3D models from a liquid resin photopolymer. Stereolithography was the first 3D technology invented, with the patent granted in 1986 and commercialized by 3D Systems in the late 1980s — and now in 2020 has evolved to become more effective and accessible […]
3D PrintingJust a decade ago, the thought of a color 3D printer in every home would have sounded like delusional madness. Even one color 3D printing on a single extruder cost thousands of dollars unless you built an early RepRap 3D printer, and they were still in their infancy. Now in 2020, you can turn any […]
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