Layers of innovation: A 3D-printing timeline A 3D-printing timeline (video: 1:52) What technology is 80 years old in theory, 40 years old in practice, and looks brand new? Believe it or not, it’s 3D printing. Although the craze for desktop 3D printers began around 2010, when companie...
engineers, and scientific experiments. It’s becoming popular because of the rising demand from interested consumers. The result is smaller, easier to operate machines at much lower costs. Hobbyists and enthusiasts can now buy budget end 3D printers for the price of a regular smartphone...
Since the rise of commercial 3D printers, the landscape of the industry has changed quite drastically. Now, 3D printers – both desktop and otherwise – are used in industries and sections such as aerospace, architecture, manufacturing, automotive, healthcare, construction – and, of course, many...
materials to Royden Sanders of SDI and Bill Masters of Ballistic Particle Manufacturing (BPM) where he worked for a number of years. Both BPM 3D printers and SPI 3D printers use Howtek, Inc style Inkjets and Howtek, Inc style materials. Royden Sanders licensed the Helinksi patent pr...
Faces of History is the source for original 3D portrait artwork of historical figures. Our busts are digitally sculpted by gifted artists, and then produced on demand by our farm of 3D printers we have spent many years perfecting. Each work is an origina
Today's 3D printers had their start in the rapid prototyping technologies of the 1980s and found their use in the industrial market. As patents expire, 3D printing technology is becoming more available to consumers.
depositing material as toolpaths to trace the shape and infill of the part. Models are printed layer by layer from the bottom up, each fusing to the last until the part is complete. Stratasys FDM 3D printers build in a heated chamber to minimize part deformation and builds support structures...
The military has been involved with additive manufacturing technologysince at least 2012when 3D printers were first deployed in the field by the Army, Navy, and various Department of Defense (DoD) contractors. But it wasn’t until 2016 that military 3D printing really took off. ...
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Manchester Metropolitan University in England a 3D printing workshop – PrintCity. It boasts state-of-the-art printers that can create virtually anything. (Image: mmu.ac.uk) How Does 3D Printing Work? The Process Below is a very simple description of what happens when a 3D printer creates ...