BOSTON - A new 3D printing tool takes two waste products from wood and paper manufacturing - sawdust and lignin - and re-materializes them into functional wood parts. Unlike particleboard or laminate, ...

Enter the Formlabs Form 4L, a resin 3D printer that’s redefining what’s possible for professionals who demand the best. Unlike filament-based printers that struggle with fine details, the Form 4L ...

Press-forming is a versatile metal forming technique that can quickly and easily turn sheet metal into finished parts. But there’s a lot of time and money tied up in the tooling needed, which can make ...

You also can 3D-print tools when teaching new operators, or in situations where manufacturing speed or safety matters more ...

Creative hobbyists, get ready for a glow-up. Here are my predictions for 3D printers, laser engravers and more.

The Form 1 turned heads from the moment its hugely successful Kickstarter was announced in September 2012. It's gorgeous, sure, but most impressive was what it promised -- to bring professional-grade ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE As parts get larger, so do cutting tools.

House Zero in Austin, Texas, is a 2,000-square-foot home that was built with 3D-printed concrete. Lake Flato Architects In architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry and ...

3D printing is still a relatively novel method of manufacture, and has already diversified massively in terms of printing methods, materials, and design possibilities, finding niche application in a ...

Multi-photon lithography and optical tweezers are among the tools driving a new generation of 3D printing that will allow multifunctional devices to be fabricated in a single processing step, explain ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only ...