3D printing

precisionPrint stereolithography 3D printer show smultilaser-technology for series production Demanding applications from the powerPrint large scale 3D printer Presentations at SKZ about part screening (Parsdorf, Germany, October 25, 2023) Nothing could be more exciting: industrial production standards paired with complete design freedom. formnext, being held in Frankfurt am Main from November…

Brooklyn-based 3D printing service bureau Makelab has been printing everything from prototypes for industrial designers to bespoke end-use products for high profile customers like Roc Nation (read on), since 2017. Here, the company’s Co-founder & CEO Christina Perla talks to TCT about how the perception of additive manufacturing is shifting, her work with Women In 3D Printing,…

German injection moulding machine maker Arburg’s family-based owners, Hehl und Keinath, have taken over German RepRap. Founded based in Feldkirchen, near Munich, in 2010, German RepRap is a German manufacturer of industrial 3D systems and will continue to operate as a separate company at its location. Terms were not disclosed. The partners…

With the rapid spread of the Coronavirus in China (with more than 350 deaths and more than 14,000 people infected) and its spread to 16 other countries worldwide, two Chinese additive manufacturing shows – TCT Asia and Asiamold – have been postponed to later dates. New dates for the fairs…

Germany-based components maker Röchling Group is exploring new horizons in manufacturing with the set up of an additive manufacturing technology (3D printing) centre in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Freudenstadt). “Additive manufacturing at the Waldachtal site will help significantly advance the Röchling Group as the company heads into…

3D printing offers unique opportunities to produce three-dimensional, often complex shaped parts in one single step. While predominantly prototypes and sample parts have been produced in small numbers so far, many industries are increasingly interested in industrial mass production. Silicon Valley based company Carbon has developed Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)…

Additive manufacturing or commonly known as 3D is seeing a spurt of growth with various companies making announcements for new tie-ups and product launches to make the process more commercial for mass production. Collaborations for technologies German chemicals firm BASF’s 3D Printing Solutions unit is to provide its photopolymer additive manufacturing…

Henkel has acquired Molecule Corp., a privately owned, technology-driven enterprise focused on product innovation in additive manufacturing. Molecule Corp. provides advanced solutions for 3D printing applications – including medical device, aerospace, automotive and a wide variety of consumer goods – as well as industrial inkjet materials, impacting a wide variety…

French chemical firm Arkema says it has successfully started up the 30% capacity extension at its Sartomer photocure advanced liquid resin production plant in Nansha, located south of Canton, China. This new production line will help to meet the strong demand in Asia in the electronics, 3D printing, adhesives and inkjet printing…

In 1979, Evonik launched the thermoplastic elastomer polyether block amide (PEBA) under the brand name Vestamid E from its largest global production site in the Marl Chemical Park. Whether in sports equipment, hydraulic pressure lines in trucks, medical devices or 3D printed high-tech parts, these polyamide 12 elastomers kept finding their way into new…