Large-scale composite 3D printing + compression molding. Aiming to enable high-performance, high-volume, large-scale, 3D-printed composite parts, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a ...

Ford Motor Company, working with a massive, room-sized 3D printer from Stratasys, is experimenting with large-scale printed plastic parts that are lighter than their cast-metal counterparts. The ...

Q: I’m excited by all the new 3D-printed figures and details that have become available. Lately, however, I’ve received some figures that are still attached to the support structure. I work in HO ...

Inside a facility near the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York, a new miniature factory filled with 3D printers sits ready to automatically print out models of a patient’s heart or ...

The race is on to use 3D printing to produce small-series parts, on demand and on location, for industries from aerospace to automotive. At stake is the shape of a $400 billion market for spare parts ...

The news is full of one-off 3D printing miracles. As long ago as 2011, an 83 year old woman’s diseased lower jaw was replaced by a 3D printed titanium jawbone. This year, Pete the parrot lost a leg to ...

Reverse engineering has applications across industries, especially where parts cannot be sourced. Selecting the right production method gives way for design and manufacturing improvements. People ...

3D printing has entered the mainstream with carmakers, allowing them to speed up development and production for certain parts. For instance, when Chevrolet modified the design of the 2022 Tahoe, it ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

3D printing is coming of age. Not that long ago, we were still getting excited at machines that could print a 3D model of our head, or a miniature replica of a famous building. A few years later, new ...