FormFutura Advances Sustainable 3D Printing with ReFill 2.0
Dutch 3D printing material manufacturer FormFutura has unveiled its ReFill 2.0 system, marking a significant stride in sustainable 3D printing practices. The system... read more »
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CavernaTM Soft Touch Filament Aims to Revolutionize FDM Elastomer Printing
Infinite Materials Solutions, LLC (Infinite) has introduced a new material called CavernaTM Soft Touch (ST) that enables the production of soft-touch parts using... read more »
Compostable Wood-based Filament Out Now
GEHR, a global producer of thermoplastic semi-finished products, has unveiled a new wood-based filament for professional 3D printing. The filament, called Eco-Fil-A-Gehr, is... read more »
Coffee Pods Recycled into 3D Printed Sensors
Researchers in Brazil and the UK have successfully recycled the plastic in used coffee pods into filaments for 3D printers. The filament was... read more »
Virtual Foundry Unveils H13 Tool Steel Filament for FDM
The Virtual Foundry, a Stoughton, Wisconsin-based company, has launched its H13 Tool Steel Filament, a high-speed steel designed for FFF/FDM type printers. This... read more »
Prusa Introduces New Prusament PETG Tungsten 75 Filament for Radiation Shielding Applications
Prusa Research has recently launched its newest addition to the Prusament filament family: PETG Tungsten 75. This innovative filament has been specifically designed... read more »
MIT Develops 3D Printed Sensors that Sense Rotation
MIT researchers have developed a new system called MechSense that enables makers to 3D print sensors directly into rotational mechanisms using conductive 3D... read more »
Aussie Company Recycling PPE into 3D Printer Filament
A new technology being developed in Sydney aims to tackle the problem of waste resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic by recycling used Personal... read more »
Researchers Publish Findings on Effects of Annealing on FDM Plastics
A team of researchers from universities in China and Belgium have published the results of a study that looked at the effects of... read more »
Engineers Print Strain Sensing Structures with Plastic
Researchers at Purdue University have created a patent-pending method of producing filaments that can be used to manufacture sensing plastic structures. The technology... read more »
Maxfilament Teams with Flashforge Poland Bringing Industrial Filaments to Creator 4
Maxfilament, the Polish manufacturer of industrial filaments, has teamed up with a leading distributor of Flashforge printers to bring some interesting industrial filaments... read more »
Durian Skin Biocomposites
Last week we took a look at some promising research that utilized processed pineapple leaf fibers for the production of biocomposites. Bioplastics and... read more »
Pineapple Leaf Fibers Show Promise in Bioplastic Production
Researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Newcastle University in Singapore have been experimenting with the addition of pineapple leaf fibers to PLA, to... read more »
Dyze Design’s Most Advanced Filament Detector Coming in October
Canada-based industrial and professional printer hardware manufacturer Dyze Design has announced the release of the Dyze Design Orthus, a new ultra-precise filament monitoring... read more »
Research Shows Promising for Thermally Conductive Filaments
You may recall a while back that we did a series of articles on various thermally conductive and electrically conductive polymers suitable for... read more »
Dutch Filament Store now with Free Delivery
Are you based in the Netherlands and looking for some 3D printing hardware and consumables? If the answer is “yes!” then we have... read more »
Audi 3D Prints their Packaging Trash into New Parts
German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids... read more »
PPprint launches world’s first break-away support material for 3D printing of polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most important plastic materials, combining excellent recyclability with advantageous properties in terms of mechanics, chemical resistance and... read more »
3D Printed Bearings and Tribo-filaments
When we hear the phrase “3D printed bearing” the first thing that may come to mind are the many videos of YouTubers testing... read more »
Turning Ocean Trash into Filament
Plastic waste is a huge problem for the oceans of planet Earth. Humans produce over 300 million tons every year and at least... read more »
