Issues with the global supply chain have impacted the power generation sector, in much the same way those problems have affected other industries. Sourcing of materials, including spare parts for ...

3D printers have unfortunately yet to reach the stage of full-on "Star Trek" replicators; they can't make complicated machinery from scratch, merely individual plastic parts, which aren't really safe ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the University of California (UC) Berkeley, UC Riverside and UC ...

Ashley Furniture is the largest furniture manufacturer in the world. Traditionally, the company has been subject to the whims of labor markets. But a forward-thinking approach to automation that ...

3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has introduced a larger model of its popular education-specific MakerBot 3D printer using the SKETCH platform, the company announced in a news release. The new ...

Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark have created a 3D printing process that creates efficient, lightweight ...

It’s a question that manufacturers face constantly: What’s the best way to produce the most items with the least amount of money, while maintaining the highest possible quality? Over the past few ...

Copper heatsink created on Markforged 3D printer. A Massachusetts company has come up with a way it says will reduce automotive production and supply costs while boosting the efficiency of motors for ...

When it comes to 3D printing, functional prints are still few and far between. Sure, you can print a mount for anything, a Raspberry Pi case, but there are few prints out there that are truly useful, ...

These and other insights are from the 3 rd annual State of 3D Printing, 2017 (free, 31 pp., PDF, opt-in) study from Sculpteo. The majority of respondents are industry professionals who invent, ...