Scientists combine materials science invention with newly developed 3D printing technology. Components made of highly transparent glass can be manufactured in just a few minutes and with great ...

Among the main pros are the versatility in design, quick prototyping speed, ability to mass-produce products that are ...

A big benefit of using 3D printing is that you can custom-design every component, Dinkelaker notes. “Sometimes you have just a small weirdly-shaped component or a weirdly shaped space.

The BMW Group is proving that sustainability and productivity can, in fact, go hand-in-hand with its latest advancement in ...

Conventional 3D printers print their objects layer by layer. However, in the new process, called Computed Axial Lithography (CAL), the component is created in a single step.

Researchers 3D printed a mini quadrupole mass filter, a key component of a mass spectrometer, that performs as well as some commercial-grade devices. It can be fabricated in hours for a few ...

The fully formed object materializes in mere seconds, far quicker than traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing. The vat is emptied to get the part.

While grand tasks of 3D printing like turning one into a terrifying tattoo machine are wonderful, sometimes it's the little projects that really make these tools feel useful. Printing small parts ...

The company has opened a $14 million, 836sq m (9,000sq ft) addition to its 3D-printing facility in West Des Moines, where it manufactures engine components for commercial and military jets ...

At the Landshut plant, BMW uses four of ExOne ’s Exerial binder jet 3D printing systems in its serial production of sand cores used for metal casting of hundreds of thousands of components each year.