3D Printing Explainers: Your 3D Printing Guide

Carbon Fibre 3D Printing with Continuous Fibre Reinforcement – CFR

Explainers, Markforged, Technology / March 7, 2023

Continuous Fibre Reinforcement (CFR) can revolutionise engineering workflows by enabling the substitution of machined components with carbon fibre 3D printing. CFR offers advantages over traditional FFF, such as increased stiffness, impact resistance, improved heat resistance, and extended durability. CFR harnesses FFF technology but introduces a secondary nozzle that feeds in

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Industrial 3D Printers: Your Cost and Efficiency Guide

Explainers / March 3, 2023

Industrial 3D printers are the workhorses of the 3D printing world, with the potential to print larger, faster, higher volumes of parts in various performance and engineering materials. A 3D printer’s ability to prototype, iterate, and produce intricate and complex models quickly can save resources that might be spent on

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Quick 3D Prints: Choosing the Most Efficient 3D Printer

Explainers, Formlabs, Technology / March 1, 2023

Print speed is a manufacturer battleground, but a faster 3D printer to get quick 3D prints on paper won’t necessarily be the quickest for you in the real world due to material requirements and build specifications. 3D print speed refers to the rate at which a 3D printer extrudes plastic

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3D Silicone Printing: How It Works & Ideal Applications

Explainers, Lynxter / February 27, 2023

3D silicone printing opens new opportunities for production alongside traditional techniques like injection moulding, compression moulding, and casting. Despite the potential, silicone’s use in additive manufacturing is relatively limited because very high viscosity makes it difficult to control out of the nozzle. This introduces flow rate problems in standard 3D

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Flexible Filament: When to Use it and Which You Should Choose?

Explainers / February 23, 2023

Flexible filament mimics the performance of various rubber types, letting you manufacture flexible and elastic components with a 3D printer. 3D printing’s unique ability to produce complex forms and geometries opens the door to countless possibilities with flexible materials, from soft contacts for machine tools to gaskets and inner grippers

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What Is Metal 3D Printing and How Does It Work?

Explainers, Markforged / January 9, 2023

While CNC machining and casting are traditional manufacturing methods for metal parts, metal 3D printing offers an alternative way by extruding high content metal filament or solidifying metal powder on a build plate. As an additive process, 3D printing requires no part-specific tools or moulds other than supports printed during

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Biomedical models 3D printed in amber resin

How To Choose the Best 3D Printing Resin for Your Projects?

Explainers, Formlabs / January 6, 2023

Rather than extruding thermoplastic in layers, stereolithography (SLA) 3D printers cure layers of liquid resin with a laser on the build platform to create solid models. Resins are liquid polymers that mimic the performance of thermoplastics or have a one-use purpose, like jewellery casting. The significant advantage of SLA is

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Meshmixer 3D model of a rabbit for 3D printing.

The Best Sculpting Software for 3D Modelling in 2023

Creations, Explainers, How To / January 4, 2023

Just as sculptors take clay and manipulate it, digital sculptors work with a computer, mouse, and software to produce 3D models. 3D sculpting software bridges the gap between physical sculpting and 3D modelling, letting artists sculpt 3D objects by pushing, pulling, smoothing, grabbing, and pinching digitised clay to produce real-life

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3D printed object demonstrating layer shifting

How To Overcome The Most Common 3D Printing Failures

Explainers, How To / January 3, 2023

Failures are part and parcel of 3D printing, especially early on as you hone your skills. However, design challenges and spontaneous hardware hiccups and catch professional out too. While there’s no way to guarantee zero failures, you can reduce them by knowing the common causes and acting on them. For

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How To Choose the Right 3D Printing File Format

Explainers, How To / December 20, 2022

Some 3D printing file formats hold more information than others, giving your 3D printer more detailed instructions. Whether this is beneficial depends on what you are printing and your desired specifications. For example, STL is the most common 3D printing file format because it works for simple models but only

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