Category: 3D Printing Materials

Category: 3D Printing Materials
Anti-wear Sapphire Nozzle for 3D Printers Compatible with Any Type of Material
Anti-wear Sapphire Nozzle for 3D Printers Compatible with Any Type of Material

Using any kind of a Fused Filament 3D printer (no matter whether professional or DIY) means that a metal nozzle wears off. It happens so that any kind of plastic material contains colorant and components like metal, carbon, glass, mineral or ceramic and these particles accumulate on the nozzle, which may lead to erosion. Erosion Read more

Dentists Create Dental Materials with Form 2 SLA 3D Printer
Dentists Create Dental Materials with Form 2 SLA 3D Printer

3D printing is taking over the world and its influence is felt in all kinds of industries, ranging from engineering, design, medicine and even dentistry. A manufacturing company, Formlabs, has taken steps in creating materials for dentistry with the use of 3D printing. With their Form 2 3D printer, they have opened up options for Read more

OrthoForm & OmniForm Releases, Structo Also in Development of New Material
OrthoForm & OmniForm Releases, Structo Also in Development of New Material

Structo 3D is a company that values the importance of moving forward and improving their products for the benefit of their consumers. They have recently launched the OrthoForm and OmniForm, two very new 3D printers that will function in tandem with their main product, the RapidForm industrial printer. Inside3D in Singapore has just put them Read more

3D Printing Might Just Have Found Its Lightest and Strongest Material
3D Printing Might Just Have Found Its Lightest and Strongest Material

Graphene is one of the most lauded materials in the world of science. This allotrope of carbon is known to have greater capabilities when it comes to material characteristics. It is a low density material, it has superb mechanical uses, it is thermally stable, and it conducts electricity well. As a matter of fact, when Read more

Porcelite: A New Ceramic Resin for 3D Printing
Porcelite: A New Ceramic Resin for 3D Printing

Fired clay came into use in 24,000 BC. Porcelite is a new innovative page in history of 3D printing, which allows to 3D print in ceramic. Porcelite is known to be a porcelain UV resin which is compatible with DLP and SLA 3D printers. Hobbyists and professionals who have a UV-based machine at their disposal Read more

1730 Full Metal Hotend Allows Printing in Any Kind of Filament
1730 Full Metal Hotend Allows Printing in Any Kind of Filament

RepRap Universe is a well-known 3D printer producer from Holand. Kai Parthy is the maker of unusual filaments from Germany. Both producers have long experience working in the 3D printing world. The result of their fruitful cooperative work is the 1730 Full Metal Hotend. Kai Parthy is known to have revolutionized the 3D printing community Read more

Adam Beane’s Amazing 3D Printer Filament as an Alternative Material for Sculpting
Adam Beane’s Amazing 3D Printer Filament as an Alternative Material for Sculpting

3D printing technology has allowed artists and designers to come up with incredible objects of artistic value. These artistic impressions range from the smallest and simplest to the largest and most intricate designs that anyone can really marvel at. In a way, these objects have pushed the limits of artistic impression and pure genius at Read more

New 3D Printer Filaments By Arianeplast
New 3D Printer Filaments By Arianeplast

Arianeplast is a new company that is currently working to produce new supplies for FDM printers. Their business is connected with producing top quality products using the best raw materials and technologies that exist at present. The filaments they develop are compatible with the majority of FDM printers (well-known PLA and ABS filaments). They also Read more

Worry-free Printing with the New Filaments from M3D
Worry-free Printing with the New Filaments from M3D

M3D is a company that has broken records on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter for successfully attaining and overwhelming its goal to get $50,000 and reaching $3.4 million for the creation of 3D printing technology that would benefit a lot of people. The campaign kick-started the Micro 3D printer, an innovative device that has been widely Read more

Aluminum is Shapeways’ Newest 3D Printing Material
Aluminum is Shapeways’ Newest 3D Printing Material

Fused deposition modeling or FDM is a way for designers to tweak their experiences with 3D printing products. They can experiment with additives as a means to manufacture different models that vary in size, shape, texture and even the quality of the product. But FDM isn’t the strongest technique because it doesn’t produce the most Read more