Nylon 12 Carbon Fiber completes MakerBot’s Composite Materials Offering
MakerBot completes its portfolio of composite materials with Nylon 12 Carbon Fiber. The new composite can be processed with the MakerBot METHOD™ and MakerBot METHOD X™ 3D printers using the MakerBot Composite Extruder as...
INFINAM®: Evonik’s new brand name for its ready-to-use 3D-printing materials
Evonik has recently unveiled a distinctive product name for its range of ready-to-use 3D printing materials: INFINAM®.
In the future, all Evonik’s ready-to-use materials for 3D printing, regardless of delivery form or technological application, will...
Advance Laser Materials to distribute four 3D printing materials from BASF
Advanced Laser Materials (ALM) and BASF 3D Printing Solutions, have signed a distribution agreement for four new Forward AM by BASF powder solutions.
ALM is an EOS company that develops materials for industrial 3D printing....
Q&A: SABIC discusses the use of materials in Composite 3D Printing
When Additive Manufacturing comes to composites fabrication, we did not expect this combination to work and lead to the development of some niche yet interesting applications for the industry. In their latest report, SmarTech...
Hexcel’s new 3D printing polymer would improve electromagnetic performance of aerospace parts
Hexcel has officially launched its latest HexAM® materials series. HexPEKK®EM–an electrically conductive, high-performance, PEKK-based thermoplastic carbon fiber composite additive manufacturing material makes this series outstanding.
HexPEKK®EM integrates advanced electromagnetic (EM) performance within complex 3D-printed components...
TANIOBIS and Alloyed to focus on the development of alloy metal powders for Additive Manufacturing
Alloyed and TANIOBIS announced their new collaboration to identify, develop, produce, and implement innovative high quality titanium and refractory alloy metal powders.
Alloyed provides a unique stack of technologies for the manufacture of advanced metal...
Polymaker Industrial Polycarbonate Materials are qualified for Method X 3D Printer
The MakerBot METHOD X™ 3D printer can now process new Polymaker’s industrial polycarbonate materials. The China-based materials provider has qualified Polymaker™ PC-PBT, PolyMax™ PC-FR, and PolyLite™ PC for MakerBot LABS™.
As a reminder, METHOD X™...
Henkel adds dental applications to its 3D Printing portfolio
The dental industry is one of the sectors that rapidly attracts additive manufacturing experts due to the increasing use of resins for final parts. However, like other sectors, the advancement of this field also...
What causes crack formation in 3D-printed tungsten?
Boasting the highest melting and boiling points of all known elements, tungsten has become a popular choice for applications involving extreme temperatures, including lightbulb filaments, arc welding, radiation shielding and, more recently, as plasma-facing...
DSM has launched glass-filled polypropylene granules for 3D printing of structural and demanding applications
Royal DSM has launched new glass-filled polypropylene (PP) pellet material which has been developed especially for 3D printing.
Widely used for its mechanical, thermal and chemical performance, polypropylene (PP) is the second most frequently used...