The market for 3D printing materials has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet plenty of market drivers point to a strong future, according to research from IDTechEx. In the report, 3D Printed ...

4D printing introduces the "time dimension" based on 3D printing, enabling printed structures to undergo controllable dynamic changes in shape, properties, or functions under external stimuli such as ...

AZoM speaks with Sona Dadhania, a Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, about the role 3D printing will play in the future of industrial manufacturing. My name is Sona Dadhania, and I am a Technology ...

Researchers have created a novel 3D printing method that produces materials in ways that conventional manufacturing can't match. The time-honored Edisonian trial-and ...

This article is aimed at large scale 3D printing. For medium and desktop size printing, both thermoplastic materials and thermoset materials are used. While for large format additive manufacturing ...

3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, is a recent innovation that has fast become one of the most important manufacturing methods. In this process, products are constructed ...

Researchers have developed a way to create complex devices with multiple materials -- including plastics, metals and semiconductors -- all with a single machine. The research outlines a novel 3D ...

DLR has demonstrated the use of a 19.5-kHz sonotrode (slender silver cylinder at center of system above) to consolidate fibers impregnated with melted thermoplastic from pellets (storage and melting ...