In this video, I discuss the air quality of a 3D print farm, focusing on testing particulate matter (PM) levels, VOCs, and ...

These 3D-printed skulls are made with PLA (Polylactic acid) filament. Shawn Sanchez and Dan Smith. Get the Popular Science ...

The Fat Man is a shoulder-fired catapult that shoots small nuclear bombs, in true Fallout fashion. It first appeared in ...

According to Towards Chemical and Materials Consulting ™, The global 3D printing materials market size was estimated to be ...

For the past few months, I’ve been introducing what’s probably a new concept to most people in the bending department: Using a 3D printer to make press brake tooling (see Figure 1). This month, let’s ...

Anyone who has ever snapped a chain or a crank knows how much torque a bicycle’s power train has to absorb on a daily basis; it’s really more than one might naively expect. For that reason, [Well Done ...

Part of the fun of 3D printing is discovering just how many possibilities there are for different things to print. Obviously, they’re fun for printing toys or decorations that you couldn’t or wouldn’t ...

Of all FDM filament types, flexible ones such as TPU invite a whole new way of thinking, as well as applications. Case in point the TPU-based bellows that the [Functional Part Friday] channel on ...

Over 460 million metric tons of plastic are created each year and only about 9% is recycled. This has led to ever-growing problems with waste disposal, litter, water contamination, microplastics and a ...