Researchers at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a novel way of manufacturing wind turbine blades that improves both their performance and end-of-life recyclability.&…
CSIRO develops low-cost titanium wire for 3D printing from alloy waste
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has developed a novel process to transform inexpensive alloy waste into high-value titanium wire for 3D printing. The CSIRO team is reportedly the fir…
Engineers recycle wind turbine waste into tough new fiber-reinforced PLA
Engineers at the Canadian McGill University and Ryerson University have managed to turn environmentally-damaging wind turbine waste into a robust new PLA 3D printing material. Using a mixture of…
3D Printing The Next Five Years by Stephania Stefanakou founder of STEFANAKOU fashion
This is a guest post in our series looking at the future of 3D Printing. To celebrate 5 years of reporting on the 3D printing industry, we’ve invited industry leaders and 3D printing experts to give u…