In contrast to the success of their molten-plastic cousins, paste extrusion 3D printers have never really attained much popularity. This is shame because, as the [Hand and Machine] research group at ...

Let’s be honest, multi-extruder 3D printers don’t work the greatest — even MakerBot decided to get rid of the feature in their latest line of printers. So what are you going to do when you want to ...

A failed 3D print is almost never just bad luck. These are the most common reasons it happens and what you can do to keep it ...

Go beyond plastics with the Discov3ry Extruder, a paste extruder on Kickstarter that turns a regular 3D printer into a Nutella printer. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

A breakthrough in additive manufacturing, the new 3D printing technology combines multiple extruders into a single, high-output stream, delivering precise, multi-material prints with virtually zero ...

However, industrial 3D printing machines differ greatly from traditional desktop printers. Besides the format of the machines and the prints, one major difference can be found in the material that is ...

Didyou know that 3D printing generates a lot of plastic waste? This mayseem odd at first, but every enthusiast knows the amount of plasticthat gets wasted before any successful printing is done.

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Discover the benefits that 3D food printing has brought to the way we eat. 3D-printed meat, unique recipes, desserts, and ...

[Credit: taulman on Instructables] 3D printers generally print using ABS plastic, which is great for most applications–I mean, they make Legos out of it, after all. When printing thin pieces, however, ...

As the list of companies commercializing continuous fiber 3D printing continues to grow, so does the spectrum of materials, processes, parts sizes, production volumes, applications and end markets. To ...