Bringing you the latest 3D printing materials - news, press releases and research papers.
ASTM International, has recently published two new standards for additive manufacturing (AM) in collaboration with its AM committee (F42). The first standard (F3571)... read more »
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have created a 3D printed superalloy that could help power plants generate more electricity while reducing carbon emissions.... read more »
The Politecnico di Milano is leading a "ConstructAdd", an international consortium of partners in developing metal 3D printing techniques to improve energy efficiency... read more »
Researchers at Brigham Young University have published a paper detailing the development of an ultrasoft silicone with a functional stiffness gradient, and they... read more »
Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory have published a paper highlighting the effects of ash content in bioplastics, and have reached the conclusion... read more »
Using commercially available systems, a group of researchers from The Johns Hopkins University have managed to fabricate Ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTCs). The materials have... read more »
The University of Maine, known for printing large boats with their mammoth polymer extrusion printer, has revealed a house printed entirely out of... read more »
Reliance of fossil fuel based plastics is of growing concern for a number of reasons, not least because oil reserves are finite, and... read more »
Last week we took a look at some promising research that utilized processed pineapple leaf fibers for the production of biocomposites. Bioplastics and... read more »
Researchers from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Newcastle University in Singapore have been experimenting with the addition of pineapple leaf fibers to PLA, to... read more »
A Hungarian architect by the name of Krisztian Gora has been experimenting with ecologically friendly materials, and has turned his skills to building... read more »
You may recall a while back that we did a series of articles on various thermally conductive and electrically conductive polymers suitable for... read more »
Over the last few weeks we have been taking a look at various polymers with added engineering functionality. So far we have looked... read more »
Last week we took a look at ESD safe materials for 3D printing. These are materials that are safe against electrostatic discharge, and... read more »
The mechanical properties of 3D printed thermoplastic materials have been fairly well explored at this point. Sure there is always room for improvement…... read more »
A joint research project has just revealed the capabilities of electrically conductive PEEK 3D printer filament. The researchers produced the material by adding... read more »
Conductive graphene filament Graphene 3D Lab, American developer and manufacturer of graphene-enhanced materials for 3D printing, launched the commercial sale of the world’s... read more »