and traditional paper printers Credentials 6 years working professionally in the 3D printing space / 4 years testing consumer electronics for large websites.

Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to do some printing with this ...

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 ...

Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which are commonly used with FDM 3D printing, such as polylactic acid (PLA) and polyamide (PA, also known as nylon). Although the most ...

Find out how we test here. If you’re rocking an FDM 3D printer, you know that filament is the key to keep printing. And with so many options out there—from versatile PLA to durable ABS—the right ...

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 ...

NASA has been exploring the power of additive manufacturing since the late 1990s. Initially, they were 3D printing with plastics, and in the early 2000s, they began using metal for prototypes. By the ...

The phase of filament drying is critical yet frequently neglected in 3D printing. The presence of moisture in the filament can cause problems with the print’s quality, including bubbles ...

If your business needs to print large but is on a budget, this printer offers impressive features and quality for the price.

"When we started the Cookiecad line of 3D printing filament, we were filling a need for colors that weren't available, specifically pastel colors," says Apter, when I asked about the type of ...

Excitingly, Xenia is preparing to showcase its 3D printing materials at the upcoming Formnext 2024 expo in Frankfurt, where visitors (us included) will be able to see a range of new FFF filaments ...

The M5C's included tool kit adds even more value for people just starting a 3D printing hobby, with Allen wrenches, a filament cutter, and an extra extruder nozzle. Overall, the $400 AnkerMake M5C ...