Materials for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing

What additive manufacturing material for which AM technology? There is a host of additive manufacturing materials out there and the process of joining materials to make parts from 3D model data looks like a story that never ends.

Atomstack reaches its goal 15 times over with launch of Cambrian 3D printers capable of processing a unique material

Chinese technology company Atomstack unveils a new series of 3D printers that can process thermoplastic rubber (TPR) filament. First 3D printers of this series are the Cambrian Pro and Max extrusion machines that have been designed with makers and...

Infinite Material Solutions unveils a water-soluble support that is compatible with high-temperature 3D printable thermoplastics

Materials producer Infinite Material Solutions has released a new water-soluble 3D printing support material. Called AquaSys® 180, the new material can withstand exceptional FDM printing conditions related to high-temperature thermoplastics such as Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)...

BASF: a chemical giant’s efforts to deal with the fast-growing 3D Printing market

Three years ago, when BASF announced the creation of BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH (BASF 3DPS), its wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to the 3D Printing industry, we could hardly imagine the company would shake up the...

Structur3d advances 3D printing with new Inj3ctor desktop injection moulding platform

Canada-based advanced additive manufacturing company Structur3d has developed a desktop solution for injection molding rubber parts: the Inj3ctor Platform. The company is advancing and solidifying 3D printing’s role within industrial manufacturing by expanding its material...

Sinterit closes a busy year with new post-processing equipment & new material for SLS 3D Printing

Sinterit has recently released a Powder Handling Station (PHS) that can achieve post-processing and powder recovery tasks as clean as possible. Designed to keep all processes in one place, the new Powder Handling Station aims...

Here is Forward AM’s second metal filament for Metal 3D printing

It is as if it was yesterday that BASF launched its first metal filament for FFF 3D Printing, the Ultrafuse® 316 L. Yet today, Forward AM, the AM brand of the global group...

MakerBot adds three ABS Composite Materials from KIMYA to its materials portfolio

When MakerBot launched its MakerBot Labs, the 3D printer manufacturer worked with acknowledged materials producers such as Kimya, the AM brand of Armor Group to qualify materials for its Method 3D printers. The successful...

Digital Metal® releases new tool steel alloy for binder jetting

Sweden-based manufacturer of binder jetting technology Digital Metal® has launched a new tool steel alloy for its metal 3D printing technology. Named DM D2™, the tool steel alloy completes a portfolio that already includes superalloys...

Aubert & Duval and Mitsubishi Power sign licensing partnership for specific 3D printable metal powders

Aubert & Duval and Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group have signed a licensing partnership for the production and distribution of high performance metal powder MHA3300® for additive manufacturing. Mitsubishi’s involvement in the...

4 new 3D printing materials based on Nylon PA11 complete Sculpteo’s portfolio

Sculpteo and its parent company, BASF have developed 4 new 3D printing materials based on Nylon PA11.  Developed for Sculpteo’s portfolio, the new materials are all bio sourced and sustainable. Sculpteo explained that this bioplastic...

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