3D printing makes prototyping wonderful. But what do you do when your plastics of choice just aren’t strong enough? For [Michael Memeteau], the answer was to combine the strength of a vacuum-poured ...

New animal-tracking tags are cast from 3D-printed molds to better conform to animals’ bodies. 3D printing makes the complex organic shapes no costlier to build than plain geometric parts. New ...

Precast concrete is used in building construction and produced by pouring the material into a reusable mold. For decades, these molds have been made from wood — a technique that requires a highly ...

A supplier of development and manufacturing services to medical device OEMs used Freeform Injection Molding from Nexa3D to accelerate time-to-market and slash prototyping costs for a complex ...

An injection molded, threaded cap made from a 3D-printed metal mold insert, right, created on a Mantle P-200 machine. Within reach of you right now are probably five to 10 plastic products, or parts ...

PepsiCo has been granted a patent for a modular system that uses 3D printed molds for blow molding containers. The system includes three portions – two mold portions and a base portion – that are made ...

Names and labels are difficult. Take this “3D Printed” water-cooling loop by [Visual Thinker] on YouTube. It undeniably uses ...

If you own analog tape covered in fuzzy gunk, this machine might make them playable again. If you own analog tape covered in fuzzy gunk, this machine might make them playable again. Andru Marino is an ...

Shoes aren’t one-size-fits-all, but German brand WertellOberfell thinks they could be. Using 3D printing, the company has devised a pair of laceless shoes that naturally adapts to the wearer’s foot.

For Jungle Cruise, Walt Disney Imagineering worked closely with Haddy to refine the canoe's design so it matched the visual ...