Watching a 3D printer in action involves a few distinct steps: Design Preparation: This is where the digital 3D model is ...

Advances in additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, have generated increasingly powerful capabilities for producing geometrically complex structures that could not be made using ...

Despite the impressive variety of thermoplastics that can be printed on consumer-level desktop 3D printers, the most commonly used filament is polylactic acid (PLA). That’s because it’s not only the ...

So, you’re trying to figure out how is CNC machining different from 3D printing? It’s a common question, especially when ...

This 3D Printer Is My Pick for a CNET Editor’s Choice Award and Here’s Why ...

"I want to share with you some of the solutions to interesting problems we have encountered for use in your own foray in the 3D printing world." JB Babcock is director of engineering at Taylor ...

3D printing socks isn’t really a thing yet. You’d end up with scratchy plastic garments that irritate your feet no end. You can easily 3D print all kinds of nifty little mechanisms, though, so why not ...

When the 3D printer gives up, don’t wait for the experts. Here are solutions to the most common problems: layers failing to attach, stringing, and overheating. Sometimes there isn’t the time or money ...

FDM Nylon 12CF thermoplastic containing 35% chopped carbon-fiber provides level of strength and tolerance required to replace metal parts Replacement time of broken machine parts reduced from one ...