Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 ...

Filament 3D printing, also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), is the most common type of 3D printing. It uses a solid plastic filament (think thin wire) to build your figurine layer by layer.

Unlike most 3D printers, the hotend and XY ... s height to fit the available space, the filament comes in from the side and the molten plastic makes a 90-degree turn before being extruded.

Omani design collective Nawa has created a plastic-free filament for 3D printing using waste date seeds, which is on display at Dutch Design Week. Called RePit as a play on the word "repeat", the ...

Every good 3D print starts with plastic, usually in the form of colorful strands wound neatly on spools. Though the 3D ...

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

Discover The Filament, the new brand from Spectrum for 3D printing enthusiasts seeking practicality, functionality, and ...

3D printing is an art that can’t readily be made fail-proof. For example, a couple of the built-in designs weren’t optimized ...

When you hear the word "printer," you probably think of that machine connected to your computer that spits out boarding passes, greeting cards, and photos (sometimes guzzling ink in the process).

Bambu Labs has introduced PPA-CF, a new 3D printing filament that offers significant improvements in strength and durability for engineering applications. This innovative material provides a ...

The Additive Manufacturing Lab provides students access to state-of-the-art equipment used for polymer filament driven 3D printing. A variety of filaments are available, including flexible and ...