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Wednesday, September 16
Consumer

Fronius launches integrated Additive Cell for automated WAAM production

Fronius, an Austrian welding technology and automation company, has launched the Fronius Additive Cell, a turnkey Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) system combining welding hardware, robotic automation and additive-specific software. Designed for industrial metal 3D printing, the system integrates the company’s CMT Additive PRO welding process with Fronius iWave hardware, Polaris cell control and its…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

AML3D Posts First-Ever Half-Year Profit as FY26 Revenue Jumps 70%

Australian metal 3D printing company AML3D Limited has recorded its first-ever half-year profit, booking EBITDA of $608,000 for the six months to 30 June 2026, as the company closed out a financial year in which revenue climbed 70% to a record $12.5 million. The manufacturer, whose ARCEMY systems use its patented Wire Additive Manufacturing (WAM)…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Modix Generation 5 brings tool changing, pellet extrusion and angled printing to BIG series

Large-format 3D printer manufacturer Modix has announced Generation 5, a new electronics platform rolling out across its BIG series of large-format 3D printers. The upgrade moves Modix machines to the Duet 3 control platform with CANBUS distributed electronics, providing capacity for more than 20 axes and drivers. According to the company, the additional control capacity…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Shoulder Innovations Partners with ALM Ortho on Bespoke Titanium Implants for Complex Shoulder Cases

Shoulder Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: SI), a company focused on transforming the shoulder surgical care market, has entered into an exclusive collaboration with ALM Ortho, Inc., a manufacturer of titanium orthopedic implants produced through additive manufacturing (AM). The partnership introduces a patient-specific implant designed for severe shoulder deformity and other complex revision cases that currently lack…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Skyrora Cuts Rocket Engine Mass 44% with Titanium 3D Printed Part

UK launch company Skyrora has finished hot-fire testing a 3.5kN low Earth orbit engine built with a titanium-coated component developed through the European Union-funded MADE-3D program. The test campaign, carried out at Skyrora’s facility in Midlothian, Scotland, closes out the company’s work within the Horizon Europe-backed MADE-3D consortium, which brought together research organizations and industrial…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Mosaic launches Orion automated 3D printing platform for custom orthotics

Canadian additive manufacturing company Mosaic Manufacturing has launched Orion, a purpose-built 3D printing platform for producing custom orthotics in orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) labs and clinics. The system uses a belt-based 3D printing architecture designed to move patient-specific devices through production sequentially. Automated queue management allows one patient case to follow another, enabling unattended overnight…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

What 3D2GO Says About 3D Printing’s Growth in Southeast Asia

The Philippines offers an interesting case study in how 3D printing can develop in Southeast Asia, and Manila-based 3D2GO helps illustrate it. 3D printing in Southeast Asia doesn’t have to...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 16, 2026Added 1 month ago
Tuesday, September 15
Industrial

HeyGears Reflex RS Turbo Sets a New Standard for Resin 3D Printing

When creating highly detailed resin prints, speed only matters if the finished result still captures the details that made the model worth printing in the first place. The HeyGears Reflex...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

Revopoint Trackit SR: Hands-On Large Object 3D Scanning

Revopoint follows up the original Trackit with the Trackit SR, a more compact optical-tracking 3D scanning system aimed at making professional large-object scanning more practical and portable. It combines a smaller tracker with a high-speed blue-laser scanner, adds Wi-Fi operation, and keeps the marker-free workflow that made the original Trackit so interesting. The result is […] The post Revopoint Trackit SR: Hands-On Large Object 3D Scanning appeared first on 3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums.

3DWithUs – 3D Printing, Scanning, Design Guides & Forums
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

The Frankenservice Part 2: Have Your Cake and Eat it Too

This series of articles delves into a thought experiment. What if we let go of using a few machines very optimally, but instead use lots of different machines to meet...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

NASENI Unveils Plans for Nigeria’s First Metal Additive Manufacturing Hub

Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has announced plans to build the country’s first Metal Additive Manufacturing Hub, an initiative intended to reduce Nigeria’s reliance on imported industrial components and build domestic metal 3D printing capacity. The agency presented the plan at the second edition of its Science Perspective Engagement Series, held…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

SHINING 3D Metrology Presented Three Upgraded 3D Scanning Systems

SHINING 3D Metrology held a webinar titled “New Product Members of SHINING 3D Metrology” on September 9, introducing three upgraded 3D scanning systems and discussing how manufacturers can select a scanning solution based on four representative production scenarios. The session is framed around specific application challenges rather than a straightforward specification comparison. Three Upgraded Scanners…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Creality Introduces K3, SPARKX i8, and New Product Lineup at IFA 2026

Creality introduced a new lineup of 3D printing and digital fabrication products at IFA 2026 in Berlin, spanning multicolor printing, filament recycling, resin printing, 3D scanning, laser processing, and 3D printed footwear. The lineup reflects Creality’s push to expand beyond desktop 3D printers into a broader ecosystem covering material recycling, digital scanning, and finished consumer…

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Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Polyverse Solutions brings 3D printed tooling to desktop injection molding with NOVA-60

Austrian plastics processing equipment manufacturer plasticpreneur has introduced the NOVA-60, a compact injection molding machine designed to integrate 3D printed tooling into product development workflows. Sold under the company’s Polyverse Solutions brand, the desktop system uses a Universal Mould System that accepts 3D printed or machined aluminum mold inserts. This is intended to allow R&D…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

HKUST Print Mars Housing From Yeast, Gelatine and Rock Dust

Engineers in Hong Kong have created a 3D printable building material for Mars that uses the planet’s own soil, held together by yeast engineered to behave like mussel glue. The material, developed at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under civil engineer Jishen Qiu, has passed compression tests at strength levels comparable…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

The Kumovis Team Is Back, This Time With Their Own Implants

The founders behind Kumovis, the Munich-based PEEK 3D printing provider acquired by 3D Systems in 2022, have launched a new venture: Munich Medical Devices GmbH (MMD). Quietly established at the start of 2026, the company has just emerged from stealth mode with a clear ambition, to stop supplying the technology behind PEEK implants and start…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

UK Charity Launches Free 3D Printed Tactile Ultrasounds for Blind Parents

A UK sight loss charity has begun offering visually impaired expectant parents free 3D printed replicas of their baby’s ultrasound scan, letting them feel the shape of their unborn child for the first time. The pilot, called First Hello, comes from Guide Dogs, the UK’s largest sight loss charity, and is capped at 50 prints…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

From Prototyping to Production: Impossible Objects Lands $40M Series B

Advanced manufacturing technology company Impossible Objects has closed a $40 million Series B round to scale its industrial 3D printing technology, adding to $20 million in U.S. government contracts the company has already secured for defense and aerospace applications. The round was led by Inflection Equity, with participation from Aaron Wealth Management, OCA Ventures, Impact…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

EWI Wins $13.2M America Makes Project Call for AM Quality Assurance System

America Makes, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), have announced EWI as the winner of a $13.2M project call focused on additive manufacturing (AM) quality assurance. The project, known as the INtegrated System for In-situ Testing & Evaluation (INSITE), is funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Manufacturing…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

IFA 2026 Shows Where Multicolor 3D Printing Is Headed

Innovation For All (IFA) is best known for televisions, appliances, and consumer electronics. But this year’s show in Berlin also gave 3D printing companies plenty of room to show where...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 15, 2026Added 1 month ago
Monday, September 14
Industrial

SPEE3D Appoints New Global CEO to Support Expanded US Focus

A couple of years ago, in the title of an interview I did with the CEO of SPEE3D, Byron Kennedy, I referred to SPEE3D as “the most American 3D printing...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Kallisio Moves to Close Adoption Gap for 3D Printed Head and Neck Cancer Device

Personalized cancer medtech Kallisio has launched an expanded access program aimed at connecting head and neck cancer patients with Stentra, its FDA-cleared, custom-fit 3D printed intraoral device used during radiation therapy. The program is designed to reach eligible patients directly, even at treatment centers that have not yet adopted the technology. Stentra received FDA 510(k)…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Stratasys Launches F870 Large-Format FDM Printer

3D printer OEM Stratasys has introduced the F870, a new large-format FDM 3D printing system built for automotive, aerospace and defense manufacturers looking to move additive manufacturing directly onto the factory floor. Toyota Production Engineering in Georgetown, Kentucky, and Rivian Automotive in Plymouth, Michigan, are already running the platform ahead of its commercial release, evaluating…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Mazak’s VC-Ez 20X Machines Power New WAAM Additive Manufacturing Platform

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Mazak have partnered to develop a convergent metal additive manufacturing platform that unifies metal additive manufacturing and high-precision machining within production-relevant workflows. Featuring two of Mazak’s VC-Ez 20X Vertical Machining Centers, the technology allows manufacturers to deliver high-mix, low-volume parts with shorter lead times while maintaining an effective strategy for…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Selle Italia Launches Unica, a Pressure-Mapped 3D Printed Saddle

Selle Italia has introduced Unica, a 3D printed saddle built around pressure data collected from each individual rider instead of a fixed set of cushioning zones. The saddle is available on two existing shapes, the SLR 3D and the Novus Boost Evo 3D, each offered with a choice of Carbon or Elite rails. Building the…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

SprintRay Launches Midas Restore, a Ceramic-Zirconia Material for Same-Visit Restorations

SprintRay has introduced Midas Restore, an FDA-cleared restorative resin built around glass ceramic and zirconia fillers, made specifically for use with the company’s Midas Digital Press. The material extends that printer, launched in 2024 for chairside 3D printing of dental restorations, into definitive ceramic-based crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers completed in a single visit. With…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

Additive Manufacturing: The Competitive Advantage in Aerospace, Defense, Drones, and Robotics

Discover how additive manufacturing is creating a competitive advantage in aerospace, defense, drones, and robotics through faster innovation, flexibility, and resilient supply chains. The post Additive Manufacturing: The Competitive Advantage in Aerospace, Defense, Drones, and Robotics appeared first on Shapeways Blog.

Shapeways Blog
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

Ski Lift Foundations Made With 3D Printing in Hemavan, Sweden

While most of the 3D printed construction hype has been around houses, we’re more bullish on infrastructure. By 3D printing in hard-to-reach areas, remote structures can bring infrastructure to new...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 14, 2026Added 1 month ago
Sunday, September 13
Saturday, September 12
Friday, September 11
Industrial

Meshy 7: All the Fingers and Toes

Generative AI modeling has come a long way from three-fingered Shrimp Jesus in an incredibly short time. Meshy 7 launched in mid-August, promising to solve the biggest hurdle in AI...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 11, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

Apple’s 3D Printed Hinge Cover & the Inauguration of the Ternus Era

Marc Andreessen notwithstanding, it turns out that hardware is, in fact, eating the world. Perhaps after being starved for so long, the hardware side of tech innovation is now overcompensating,...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 11, 2026Added 1 month ago
Consumer

Hyundai Installs New Large-Format 3D Printers for Full-Scale Automotive Parts

South Korean automotive giant Hyundai’s Namyang R&D Center is now running two VX1000 HSS polymer 3D printers from German equipment maker ExOne Global Holdings. The machines use a High Speed Sintering process in which an infrared-absorbing ink is deposited selectively onto PA12 powder and fused layer by layer through a sintering emitter. At 1,000 x…

3D Printing Industry
Sep 11, 2026Added 1 month ago
Industrial

The Exploration Company Raises $450M to Rival SpaceX

The space industry is currently worth about $650 billion globally, growing nearly 50 percent since 2020, which is certainly impressive. But over the next decade, the total market opportunity in...

3DPrint.com | Additive Manufacturing Business
Sep 11, 2026Added 1 month ago