As previously reported on 3D Printing Industry, A1 Filament has launched a Kickstarter to provide premium feedstock for FDM/FFF 3D printers around the globe. Material consistency is the company’…
A1 Filament launches kickstarter for 3D printer filament
U.S. 3D printing material company A1 Filament has launched its first ever Kickstarter. The Vermont-based company claims not to be just another filament manufacturer and believes its proprietary produc…
3D printed silk PLA material seeks clinical trials in Australia
As a corn-based and biodegradable plastic, PLA, the material used in almost every desktop 3D printer, has been researched for its potential industrial applications. The material is particularly desira…
The great 3D printing bake-off Proto Pasta releases version 3 of heat treatable PLA filament
Washington based filament manufacturer, Proto Pasta has announced the release of their newest innovation, HTPLA v3. The filament has similar ease of printing to standard PLA, but can also be heat trea…
3devo recycles 3D printed plastics with SHR3D IT technical specifications and pricing
3devo, the Netherlands based makers of the NEXT 1.0 Industrial Desktop Filament Extruder has announced their latest innovation: the SHR3D IT. The SHR3D IT system is a high-end shredder and granulator …
3D printer manufacturer Winbo looking for resellers
Winbo, the Chinese 3D printing company, are looking to expand further with a call for resellers. Providing every 3D printer you can imagine Winbo has been in manufacturing for over twenty years and st…
Can 3D printing PLA make a more sustainable textile industry?
A collaboration between the Swedish University of Borås; French universities GEMTEX and Université Lille Nord; and the Chinese College of Textile and Clothing Engineering have published an investigati…
3D bio-printing advances as CWRU improves PLA ‘scaffolding’ used in medicine by adding graphene
New 3D bio-printing research shows that combining materials could be the secret to 3D printing bones and organs. A paper from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, describes resea…
CES preview, first look at new XYZ 3D printers
At CES 2017 in Las Vegas the international XYZ Printing company, owned by Taiwanese electronics manufacturers New Kinpo Group, share three new 3D printers designed for use in the home. The FFF da Vinc…
3D printing metal with a desktop machine
Since launching on Kickstarter in 2015, The Virtual Foundry’s Filamet™ copper and bronze 90% metal filament has been used to make stunning models that look as though they could have been cast ra…