As people across the UK adapt to a new way of working during, businesses are looking for ways to maintain productivity and drive innovation while keeping employee safety at the forefront. This is where desktop 3D printing fits in. With the right home setup, workflow and additive manufacturing technology you
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COVID-19 has taken the world by complete surprise, crippling economies and bringing about wholesale changes to the way we live. As we have found out at great human cost, this virus kills without prejudice and has a staggeringly high transmission rate. It is arguably the biggest threat we have faced
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Formlabs has today added a new resin to its engineering range – Tough 2000 Resin. Tough 2000 Resin is the official replacement for Tough Resin in the Formlabs material library. It’s easily distinguished from its predecessor by its dark grey colour, with the original Tough Resin being blue (see image
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The first time you hold a physical 3D print in your hand is a magical moment. You realise that all the hype is real, that you can create detailed, retail-grade models and parts without the complexities of a production line or outsourcing. For many people who live and breathe their
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Technology is changing how art is created in numerous ways. From the lasers used in “Assemblance” that allowed people to interact and sculpt with light, to the “Rising Colorspace” in Berlin that had artwork created in real-time by a climbing robot called Vertwalker, technology is opening up new methods of
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Imaged above: Glasses printed in Tough 1500 Resin. 3D Printing tough and durable parts that bend and quickly return to shape has just been made possible with the launch of Tough 1500 Resin. The new resin is ideal for printing stiff but pliable parts like jigs and fixtures. The keyword
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It’s incredible to think that just twenty years ago, 3D printing high-quality models on a machine the size of a paper printer was unheard of. The first stereolithography 3D printer, a brute of a model made by 3D Systems in 1987, stood at over 5ft tall. It was effective, but
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Accuracy is the name of the game with dental 3D printing. Precision models like biocompatible surgical guides, splints, fixed patterns and dentures have to be made to an exact specification as outlined in CAD to be usable, which is why the consistency and reliability of a 3D printer is so
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Formlabs has launched a new 3D printer designed specifically for dental applications. The Form 3B utilises a tweaked version of the Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) technology found in the Form 3 and Form 3L. In this application, it is called Advanced Low Force Stereolithography, utilising a custom-designed light engine that
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Stereolithography has come a long way this past decade. The first stereolithography 3D printers were slow and crude. The technology came about in the 80s by way of Japanese researcher Hideo Kodama. Hideo invented the layered approach to 3D printing we know today, utilising UV light and photosensitive polymers. The
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