LEAP 71 successfully hot fire tests 3D printed aerospike engine
The Aerospike engine design has often raised challenges that have often made its manufacturing complex. Aerospikes are more compact and significantly more efficient across various atmospheric pressures, including the vacuum of space. They forego...
Startup Area | 10 Additive Manufacturing companies that turned stealth mode off in 2024
Even though there is an economic downturn affecting the industry, this does not prevent bold entrepreneurs and long-standing companies from trying their luck in the AM market. This year again, several companies made their...
Startup Area | What happened to 3D printing ventures that turned stealth mode off in 2023?
Launching a company or breaking into a new market is one thing; achieving lasting growth is a whole other challenge. In the ever-evolving world of Additive Manufacturing, where innovation meets fierce competition, entrepreneurs are...
10 technology features that shaped the Additive Manufacturing industry in 2024 (Part 2)
Before entering a new year, at 3D ADEPT Media, we have made it a tradition to sit down and discuss highlights, milestones, or solutions that have somehow marked our industry throughout the year. Reasons...
2024 year in review: History repeats itself? (Part 1)
Whenever I sit down to write our “year in review” articles, I can’t help but notice that coincidentally, these articles are prepared right after Formnext – the world’s largest Additive Manufacturing event of the...
Markforged founders introduce Backflip: A new text-to-3D modeling platform
Greg Mark and David Benhaim, that you may have discovered through behind carbon fiber and metal industrial 3D printing company Markforged are launching Backflip, a 3D generative AI company that aims to help designers...
Foundry Lab: “Mom was wrong. You should put metal in the microwave; it won’t go bang!”
“Making casting using 3D printed molds.”
It’s probably very cultural but I grew up in an environment where I was taught that our parents are always right – especially moms. They simply know best. Imagine...
Shapeways acquires Thangs, a collaborative platform for 3D file sharing and discovery
Shapeways, that recently returned to business, has acquired Thangs, the collaborative 3D file sharing and discovery community.
The acquisition marks the second step of the plan created by the new management team that came together...
BMW Group takes over a 3D printing line developed by Laempe
Laempe Mössner Sinto GmbH (‘Laempe’), a global manufacturer and solution provider for core production, has developed a fully automated high-volume 3D printing line for the production of sand cores. The BMW Group foundry in...
BIO INX launches a gelatin-based DLP resin for 3D bioprinting
3D bioprinting company BIO INX has released a new material called BIORES INX for its portfolio of bioprinting resins. The material would offer biocompatibility and compatibility with DLP (digital light processing) bioprinting platforms.
First developed at Ghent University, the gelatin methacrylamide (GelMA)-based...