Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal: 3D printing. This disruptive technology has great promise for rapid ...

As of Dec. 31, Arburg will no longer offer the Freeformer 3D printing machine. It will continue to offer full support and ...

I own several of the best 3D printers that money can buy, but after taking a look at this latest Kickstarter project for a desktop SoftGel Injection Moulding Machine, I'm about ready to throw all of ...

Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

D printers aren't exactly cheap, so if you're going to make that investment, you should start by learning what the best ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- 3D printing is not just being used for making souvenirs, car parts and smartphones. It's being used more and more in hospitals and medical schools. "It's extraordinary. It truly ...

SustainaPrint uses simulations to reinforce stress zones with strong plastic while the rest prints in greener filament, ...

3D printing is all well and good for making low numbers of units, so long as they’re small enough to print in a reasonable time, but what if you want to go really big? Does a 35-hour print time sound ...

Imagine having a machine for $500 in your living room that can take your computer based specification for a 3D object and print out a plastic replica of the object in a matter of minutes. Imagine ...

CES 2013 proved to be something of a coming out party for consumer-facing 3D printers. Sure MakerBot earned a fair amount of attention at last year's show with the announcement of the Replicator, ...