Materials for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing

October 2018: a statement of Xerox CEO John Visentin informed the public of the company’s plans to “participate” in the additive manufacturing industry. A statement that was an alarm bell for long-established AM companies...

While some turn waste cooking oil into soap, others turn it into 3D Printing resin. Researchers at the University of Toronto have found a second life of cooking oil.They have been able to transform...

Nanoscribe presents the new IP-Visio printing material for life science applications. This material is non-cytotoxic, low-fluorescent and designed for the 3D Microfabrication of biocompatible microstructures.  With IP-Visio, Nanoscribe’s 3D printers open up the way to...

Additive Composite Uppsala AB & Add North 3D developed together a polymer composite for radiation shielding applications. Both companies are based in Sweden. Additive Composite Uppsala AB aims to optimise design and to exploit new...

For the last four years of SAE competition, UVic Formula Motorsport team has been using 3D printed oil pans that were purposely engineered to be manufactured by CRP USA's laser sintering 3d printing process...

Post-curing takes the 3D printed parts and finishes the curing process. The process would enhance the mechanical properties of the 3D Printed parts and requires precision equipment with a specific wavelength and intensity light...

Remember when we told you that Silicone is an interesting material and when we highlighted its benefits once it is 3D printed ? (3D ADEPT Mag, Oct.-Nov. Issue 2019 – PP 6-9) Well, another...

Be it with FDM Additive Manufacturing or Selective Laser Sintering, several companies of the industry aim to boost their production capacity. BASF and DSM have recently purchased several industrial 3D printers from Prodways. BASF aims...

CRP Technology has unveiled a new 3D printing material for HSS Technology (High Speed Sintering process). Named Windform® P2, the material is a a glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic polyamide material. Engineer Franco Cevolini, CRP Technology...

FossiLabs, LLC has launched a FFF 3D printed ‘fully’ porous PEEK bone-like structures within implantable devices. The US-based company specializes in engineering porous bone-like structures in polyether ether ketone (PEEK). 3D Printing solid or defined...