A commonly used material in 3D printing is plastics. The reason being is that it is readily available, cost effective, and allows for rapid prototyping. However, plastics pose an environmental concern ...

Design is a matter of balance: weight vs. strength, cost vs. quality, speed vs. accuracy, and so on. As development progresses, prototyping is an essential part of the balancing process, and ...

In recent years, research interest in the 3D printing of metal patterns on plastic parts has grown exponentially, due to its high potential in the manufacturing of next-generation electronics. But ...

The making of parts and products using a computer-driven, additive process, one layer at a time. 3D printing builds parts out of plastic, metal and other materials directly from CAD drawings that have ...

Stop printing your first draft as if it's a finished product.

Anaheim, Calif. — Mack Prototype Inc., a subsidiary of Mack Molding Co., has invested $150,000 in a new 3D printer to meet demand for large prototypes and production-grade parts. "One of the big gaps ...

Interest in plasmonic metal nanoparticles and their many different applications has grown rapidly, developing across a broad spectrum over the past two decades. What makes these particles so special ...

The Cubify Cube 3D Printer by 3D Systems Prototyping at home couldn’t get any easier with the Cube 3D printer. At least that’s what 3D Systems–the same company that invented stereolithography–hopes.

The Fabrica 2.0 from Nano Dimension’s Fabrica Group has a smart, adaptive optical system that confirms its position after every layer, sharpening detail to a pixel size of 1.9 microns, which, combined ...