3D printing needs to mature before it is considered an alternative to injection molding for large-volume production jobs.

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 ...

Snapmaker returned to Kickstarter with a new 3D printer, the U1, and raised an astonishing $7.8 million on its first day, ...

In an attempt to save lives, 3D printing is not just being used to make souvenirs and car parts, but also being used more and more in hospitals and medical schools.

The custom machine they constructed utilises a polar coordinate system, with a rotating bed (the ‘theta’ axis) and four radial axis gantries arranged at 90 degrees to each other.

The X-Carve is Inventables' latest desktop 3D carving machine and is capable of creating precision parts from plastic, wood, metal and other materials.

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 ...

The machine (awarded to investors who pledged $490 or more) grinds, melts and extrudes recyclable plastic into a 1.75 or 3mm spool that can be used with at-home 3D printers.

There are lots of reasons to love 3D printing. It democratizes manufacturing, putting consumers in granular control of the things they own -- rather than requiring them to choose from a finite pre ...

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 ...