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Saturday, August 15
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Buckley Conversions Builds a Luxury Camper Van Interior, 3D Printed Almost From Scratch

A camper van interior built almost entirely by large-format 3D printing has come in roughly 1,500 pounds (680 kg) lighter than the plywood-and-aluminum fit-out it replaces. Buckley Conversions built the prototype on a 144-inch-wheelbase Mercedes-Benz eSprinter, with founder Brandon Buckley calling it “the world’s first ever 3D printed luxury van.” The saving comes from moving…

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Aug 15, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Guam’s GAMMA AM factory targets full operating capacity by February 2027

The Guam Additive Materials and Manufacturing Accelerator (GAMMA) applications center will reach full operating capacity by February 2027, according to Neal Orringer, co-founder, president and board chairperson of the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America), the non-profit managing the initiative. The date lands roughly 15 months after the facility’s ceremony at…

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Aug 15, 2026Added 2 months ago
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RIC Robotics printers build out Colorado’s first 3D printed metro district

Seven homes are complete and several sold at Cleora, a 55-acre development in Salida, Colorado that its backers expect to become one of the world’s largest planned 3D printed residential communities. Site infrastructure is finished, more houses are under construction, and two autonomous printing systems from RIC Robotics are running on site. The plan calls…

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Aug 15, 2026Added 2 months ago
Friday, August 14
Consumer

3D Systems Lands $9M to Complete Air Force Large-Format Metal 3D Printing Demonstrator

3D Systems has been awarded an additional $9 million under the U.S. Air Force-funded Large-Format Metal 3D Printer Advanced Technology Demonstrator program, GEN-II DMP-1000. The extension runs two more years and, in the company’s framing, covers the phase that completes the technology demonstration outright. Total project funding now stands at $27.4 million. Work continues at…

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Aug 14, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Firestorm Labs 3D prints 1,000 parts and 12 flight-ready drones at sea

Firestorm Labs printed more than 1,000 parts and built 12 flight-ready Squall FPV quadcopters inside a containerized factory aboard the USS Essex during a two-week transit to RIMPAC 2026. It is the first maritime run of its xCell expeditionary manufacturing platform, and the drones were subsequently flown in Hawaii by Marines from the 3rd Light…

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Aug 14, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Why Drone Economics Are Driving Growth in 3D Printed Components

A recent market report from Additive Manufacturing Research estimates the current market for 3D printed drone components at $140 million in 2025, with projections reaching $900 million by 2034. Titled “Additive Manufacturing Opportunities in Unmanned Aerial Systems 2026: Drones Market Analysis and Forecast,” the report breaks down the market by material, segment, application, geography, and…

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Aug 14, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Meshy Launches Meshy 7: Image-to-3D Model Built Around Alignment

Meshy has released Meshy 7, the latest version of its image-to-3D foundation model, alongside a new benchmark method for scoring how closely a generated 3D asset matches the image it was built from. The company calls this measurement alignment, and argues it is now the main factor separating leading image-to-3D systems, now that outright generation…

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Aug 14, 2026Added 2 months ago
Thursday, August 13
Consumer

Volkmann highlights vDryer powder conditioning for metal AM workflows

Volkmann USA, a manufacturer of powder handling equipment, is highlighting its vDryer vacuum drying module as an optional addition to the vLoader 250 powder conveyor, targeting moisture-related flowability and material handling issues in metal additive manufacturing. Installed upstream of one or more 3D printers, the vDryer removes absorbed moisture from metal powders and returns them…

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Aug 13, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Hybrid Manufacturing Workflows: Integrating Industrial 3D Printing with Precision Subtractive Finishing

Discover how combining industrial 3D printing, 5-axis CNC post-processing, and vacuum casting bridge tooling optimizes mechanical tolerances and accelerates lead times. Metal AM produces complex geometries that no subtractive process can match, but it does not produce finished parts. The real engineering challenge begins after the build plate comes out of the machine. Industrial 3D…

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Aug 13, 2026Added 2 months ago
Wednesday, August 12
Consumer

Save Big on Revopoint 3D Scanners This August

Somewhere right now, a mechanical engineering student is staring at a parts bin full of legacy components that don’t have CAD files. The assignment is reverse engineering, and the first step is getting that physical shape into a digital model. Calipers and patience will get partway there. A 3D scanner will get the rest. For…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
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America Makes names nine 2026 Ambassadors and presented its 2026 Distinguished Collaborator Award

America Makes named nine additive manufacturing Ambassadors and presented its 2026 Distinguished Collaborator Award to Brett Conner, Ph.D., Chief Manufacturing Officer at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, at the institute’s Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX) held August 4–5 in Youngstown. The Ambassador Award Program, launched in 2017, recognizes individuals demonstrating exceptional commitment to advancing America…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Coachella Installation Tests Distributed LFAM as Caracol and Decibel Print One File in Two Locations

New Jersey-based design and production studio Decibel Made and Italian robotic manufacturing company Caracol produced 30 large-format 3D printed benches for SKYLRK OASIS at Coachella 2026, running 15 in New Jersey and 15 at Caracol’s Texas headquarters on the Heron AM robotic platform and delivering the full set in about two weeks. The seating furnished…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
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3D Systems opens CEO search as Jeffrey Graves prepares to retire

Provider of additive manufacturing solutions 3D Systems has opened a search for its next president and chief executive, with Dr. Jeffrey Graves set to leave both the executive role and the board once a replacement is in place. The company said on August 4 that Graves will remain in post until a successor is appointed,…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Pusan National University develops 3D printing method for switchable soft actuators

Researchers at Pusan National University (PNU) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 3D printable liquid crystal elastomer that can be programmed to either contract or elongate when heated. Led by Professor Suk-kyun Ahn of PNU, the team used a smectic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) whose molecular alignment can be switched during direct…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
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New $6M Award Targets Tough Refractory AM Challenges

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have awarded $6 million to four project teams tasked with developing high-temperature refractory alloys for AM under the PADAM 2.0 program. The funding comes from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Foundational Technologies Directorate (AFRL/REMD). Refractory alloys can withstand the extreme temperatures required in…

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Better Prints, Easier Use: Prusa XL+, CORE One L+ and CORE One+ (Gen 2), Our Big Product Upgrade

This summer, we are refreshing the entire lineup of our 3D printers. The new Prusa XL+, CORE One+ (Gen 2), and CORE One L+ bring cleaner print starts, better-looking surfaces, easier operation, and improvements based on feedback from users and the... The post Better Prints, Easier Use: Prusa XL+, CORE One L+ and CORE One+ (Gen 2), Our Big Product Upgrade appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

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Aug 12, 2026Added 2 months ago
Tuesday, August 11
Consumer

University of Melbourne and CSIRO Win Race2Space LOX Bipropellant Category

A three-person student team from the University of Melbourne has hot-fired a 3D printed regeneratively cooled liquid bipropellant rocket engine at Race2Space in the UK, taking first place in the competition’s liquid oxygen (LOX) bipropellant category. CSIRO, which supported the build through its Lab 22 additive manufacturing center, says it is the first regeneratively cooled…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Snowbird Technologies manufactures 316L parts aboard USS Essex during RIMPAC 2026

Snowbird Technologies, a Florida-based developer of ruggedized manufacturing systems, has produced 316L stainless steel components aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2026. The demonstration formed part of a distributed manufacturing experiment led by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE). During the vessel’s…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
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MIT’s ShiftLens 3D Prints Objects That Change Their Appearance When You Use Them, Without Electronics

Researchers at MIT have developed a design and fabrication system that produces 3D printed objects capable of switching their surface appearance in response to being pressed, slid, or turned, with no sensors, circuits, or screens involved. Called ShiftLens, the system prints optics and mechanics together in a single pass on a multimaterial 3D printer. The…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Jean Paul Gaultier turns to MJF for five haute couture looks printed in TPU and PA12

Online 3D printing service Sculpteo has produced 3D printed components for five haute couture looks for Jean Paul Gaultier, printing in TPU and PA12 on HP Multi Jet Fusion and supplying the parts in a raw, unfinished state for the couture atelier to work on by hand. The brief was geometry the house could not…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

SLICED: Latest News from the 3D Printing Industry

In this edition of SLICED, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we track how additive manufacturing is advancing through European partnerships, distribution expansion, defense manufacturing, facility openings, and new applications in archaeology, construction, and medicine. Read on for updates from XJet, BigRep, Freemelt, 6K Additive, Meltio, Axtra3D, Spherene, Ricoh 3D for Healthcare, and more. Resellers…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe certified to ISO 9001:2015 with no non-conformities

Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe GmbH has been certified to ISO 9001:2015 following an audit by TÜV SÜD in which no non-conformities were identified. The certificate, No. G951 26 0419, is valid from 24 July 2026 to 23 July 2029 and covers the company’s quality management for the additive manufacturing of technical ceramics. The audit is…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Phase3D and Rowan University Partner on Real-Time Inspection for Metal AM

Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D and Rowan University‘s Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub) have announced a partnership focused on data-driven metal additive manufacturing (AM) research, education, and process confidence. The collaboration’s practical value became apparent during the first build Rowan’s team ran independently after installing its new DMG MORI LASERTEC 30 SLM US…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Matthäi opens a construction 3D printing division

Construction group Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau has established an in-house construction 3D printing division following the completion of its own headquarters in Selsingen, Lower Saxony, a two-storey, 364 m² (3,920 ft²) office whose walls were printed in roughly 105 hours on a COBOD BOD2 and which the company occupied in July 2026. The subsidiary belongs to Matthäi,…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Artec 3D Launches Point II: Updated Metrology Laser Scanner

Artec 3D, a 3D scanning hardware and software company, has released the Artec Point II, the second generation of its handheld, target-based laser scanner for industrial metrology, replacing the original Artec Point in the company’s lineup. More data per pass The new scanner uses an expanded laser setup that projects 54 lines in ultra-fast scanning…

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Aug 11, 2026Added 2 months ago
Monday, August 10
Consumer

Hydrogen’s Metal Compatibility Challenge Draws New Industry Research

Industrial 3D printing firm EOS has joined MAT-H2, a consortium of ten organizations working to advance metallic materials and technologies that can withstand hydrogen environments. The consortium addresses a specific technical barrier. Hydrogen degrades metals. It embrittles them, weakens welds, and accelerates fatigue cracking. These material limitations have slowed the adoption of hydrogen in power…

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Aug 10, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Inside Hyundai Motor Group’s Additive Manufacturing Solution Center

South Korean motor vehicle manufacturing companies Hyundai Motor and Kia have given a detailed look inside the Additive Manufacturing Solution Center (AMSC), a facility at their shared Namyang Research and Development (R&D) Center in Hwaseong, South Korea, that consolidates polymer and metal 3D printing under a single roof. The AMSC is the first site Hyundai…

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Aug 10, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Eplus3D supports UCL Rocket in first cryogenic LOX/IPA engine hot-fire test

UCL Rocket (UCLR), a student-led rocketry team at University College London, has completed its first successful hot-fire test of a cryogenic regeneratively cooled rocket engine. The static test used a 7 kN liquid oxygen (LOX) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) engine with an Eplus3D-printed CuCrZr combustion chamber containing 57 internal cooling channels. Eplus3D, a manufacturer of…

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Aug 10, 2026Added 2 months ago
Friday, August 7
Consumer

America Makes Tackles AM Qualification Bottlenecks for Defense

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected the winning teams for Delta Qual 2.0, a $9 million project call aimed at cutting the qualification barriers that slow additive manufacturing adoption across the U.S. defense industrial base. Three teams, led by ATI Materials, Trusted Metal, Auburn University, and The…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Cavan Sullivan Becomes First Footballer to Wear a Fully 3D Printed Boot in a Professional Match

Philadelphia Union midfielder Cavan Sullivan made history on July 23, 2026, becoming the first footballer to wear a fully 3D printed boot in a top-level competitive match. The 16-year-old debuted Adidas’ Project R.A.P. (Radical Athlete Perception) football boot during Philadelphia’s 3–1 MLS victory over the New York Red Bulls, wearing a pair custom-printed to the…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Craft Health’s CraftMake Platform Gets a Peptide Test Run

Specialty pharmaceutical company PharmaTher Holdings is collaborating with Craft Health Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based pharmaceutical technology company, to test whether Craft Health’s CraftMake 3D printing platform can produce personalized peptide doses. PharmaTher Holdings announced the partnership on July 29, 2026, two days after launching its Personaliz3D Peptides division. The work will focus on six peptides:…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
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TBGA Contracted to Support BPMI’s AM Material Database

The Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) has been contracted by Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI) to support the development and management of a materials and process database for additive manufacturing (AM). The results are expected to be made public, a move intended to help align qualification efforts across the wider AM industry. BPMI, a prime contractor…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
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USA Diving names FITASY official footwear partner

USA Diving has named Indianapolis-based FITASY, a maker of 3D printed custom-fit recovery footwear, as its official footwear partner. The partnership launched at the Bolzano Diving Meeting in Bolzano, Italy, on July 3, 2026, where National Team athletes and coaches wore FITASY’s Strides on the pool deck during competition. USA Diving announced the deal on…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
Consumer

Walter Reed’s 3D Printed Titanium Cranial Plate Becomes First Implant Cleared by the FDA for a Point-of-Care Institution

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted premarket clearance to a 3D printed titanium cranial plate developed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, marking the first time the agency has cleared an implant produced by a point-of-care institution. The clearance, listed under submission number K253116, covers the 3D Medical Applications Center’s (3D…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Renishaw Launches LIBERTAS Software to Reduce Supports and Improve Surface Finish in Metal AM

Global engineering firm Renishaw has introduced LIBERTAS, a new software technology for its RenAM 500 series metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems that targets two persistent challenges in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF): rough downskin surfaces and reliance on support structures. Support structures in LPBF manage heat and distortion during a build, but they also add…

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Aug 7, 2026Added 2 months ago
Thursday, August 6
Consumer

Elmet Installs New System to Target Monolithic Hypersonic Heat Exchangers

The Elmet Group’s subsidiary Elmet Technologies is installing a DMP Flex 350 Triple metal 3D printer from 3D Systems to produce heat exchangers for hypersonic vehicles. According to 3D Systems, the company expects to qualify and certify the system to begin production in 2026. The deployment follows eight years of joint development between Elmet and…

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Aug 6, 2026Added 2 months ago
Wednesday, August 5
Consumer

Zellerfeld Relaunches Marketplace With Live Creator Rankings and Persistent Fit Profiles

3D printed footwear company Zellerfeld has relaunched its website and marketplace at zellerfeld.com, rolling out what the company is calling its biggest platform update since it opened its printing service to outside designers. The redesign, unveiled July 21, 2026, rebuilds how the site presents products, expands a personal fit system across the platform, and previews…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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3D Systems’ Saudi Venture NAMI Wins Military Manufacturing License

The National Additive Manufacturing and Innovation Company (NAMI), a Saudi Arabian joint venture between 3D Systems, Dussur, and Saudi Energy, has been granted a Military Manufacturing License by the Kingdom’s General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI). The license places NAMI among a limited group of Saudi firms cleared to carry out regulated military manufacturing activity…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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UPM Group 3D prints 100 m² exhibition stand for EuroShop 2026

UPM Group built a fully 3D printed exhibition stand for EuroShop 2026, the retail industry’s largest international trade fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The roughly 100 m² installation combined 3D printed architectural structures with custom furniture pieces, all produced additively. The stand was manufactured through a joint effort between UPM Group’s production sites in Modena,…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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GEFERTEC Launches arcTitan, a Sealed-Chamber WAAM System Built for Titanium

Berlin-based company GEFERTEC has launched arcTitan, a wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system built specifically for titanium processing, combining a fully enclosed inert gas atmosphere with a plasma-based deposition process. The company says the system achieves stable, reproducible process control by holding oxygen levels inside the build chamber to between 10 and 15 parts per million…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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MACH 2028 Passes Halfway Mark as General Sales Open

More than half of the exhibition floor for MACH 2028 has already been booked as general sales opened, with organizers urging companies to secure space before the event’s early bird discount deadline. More than 13,000 square meters of stand space has been reserved nearly two years ahead of the UK manufacturing technology show, which returns…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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New Manufacturing Observatory Tackles Industry’s Commercialization Problem

TAAG Global and the University of Bristol Business School have announced a joint intelligence platform called the Advanced Manufacturing Observatory. Its aim is to provide manufacturers and investors with business model frameworks, commercial strategies, and market intelligence. A first major event, the TAAG Leaders Forum, is scheduled for Q4 2026 at Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Kentstrapper launches Mille large-format FDM 3D printer with one cubic metre build volume

Italian 3D printer manufacturer Kentstrapper has launched the Mille, a large-format FDM system with a 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm build volume. Previewed at Mecspe 2026 in Bologna, the machine is now commercially available from €40,000 plus VAT. Each unit is made to order at Kentstrapper’s facility in Florence. The company is targeting automotive,…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Phase3D Supports NASA’s Latest Flight Qualification Research

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has awarded Phase3D a role in a new program aimed at proving that metal additively manufactured parts can be qualified for spaceflight during production. The program will generate more than 50,000 individually inspected build layers on a production-scale EOS M300-4 quad-laser system, creating one of the largest in-situ inspection datasets…

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Aug 5, 2026Added 2 months ago
Tuesday, August 4
Consumer

TE Connectivity’s New 3D Printing Process for Catheter Shaft Jacketing

TE Connectivity has introduced an automated 3D printing process for producing catheter shafts, replacing a manual assembly step used across the industry. It was developed by the Advanced Technology Group in TE’s Medical business at the PROPELUS Prototype Center in Galway, Ireland. The step it replaces exists because a catheter shaft is not uniform along…

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Aug 4, 2026Added 2 months ago
Monday, August 3
Consumer

America Makes selects 25 suppliers for $10.5M metal AM qualification program

America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected 25 project teams for a $10.5 million program intended to expand the US defense industrial base for metal additive manufacturing. The Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification Groups 2 and 3 project, or JAQS-SQ, will establish common training and…

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Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
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iAM3D’s New LPW Z2500 L-DED System: Technical Specifications and Pricing

Large-format Metal AM company iAM3D has launched the LPW Z2500, a laser directed energy deposition system (L-DED) with a 2000 × 2000 × 2500 mm build envelope. The machine is worth paying attention to for how many capabilities iAM3D is trying to consolidate into one enclosure. The LPW Z2500, the flagship of the company’s XXL…

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Aug 3, 2026Added 2 months ago
Saturday, August 1
Consumer

3DEO Enters Insolvency, Puts Patents and Machinery Up for Auction

3DEO, the Torrance, California metal 3D printing company behind the patented Intelligent Layering process, has filed for insolvency and put its entire intellectual property (IP) portfolio up for sale. Insolvency Services Group, acting as assignee for the benefit of creditors under California law, is soliciting offers for the assets, having already received a stalking horse…

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Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
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Actble and Something Added 3D Print a Pointe Shoe Built to Last Five Times Longer

Actble, a German dancewear company founded by former ballet dancer Sophia Lindner, has built a modular pointe shoe with 3D printed inner soles that can be individually swapped out as they wear down, rather than requiring dancers to replace the entire shoe every 10 to 20 hours of use. The soles are manufactured in partnership…

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Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago
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3iD Printing Bets on Automated Post-Processing to Scale Production Volumes

3iD Printing, a Belgian industrial 3D printing service provider, is installing an automated post-processing line supplied by Netherlands-based AM-Flow, integrating three systems, AM-Feed, AM-Vision and AM-Sort, to handle part feeding, identification and sorting without manual labeling. Closing the Post-Processing Bottleneck While 3D printing technology has advanced rapidly across the additive manufacturing industry, the steps that…

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Aug 1, 2026Added 2 months ago