3D printing

Rebecca’s Vette is Fixed!

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Vette.jpg" alt="" width="66" height="50" />For want of a simple part, Rebecca Taylor’s beloved 1994 Corvette languished in her garage. That is, until 3D printing and a ...Full Article

Video: LEGO Designer turns Paper Sketch into Reality using Objet 3D Printer

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/OBjet_3D_designer.png" alt="" width="80" height="46" />Turning 3D CAD designs of their products into functional 3D prototypes using an Objet 3D printer.Full Article

Replacing an Elderly Woman’s Jaw Using 3D Printing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Jaw_replacement_small.jpg" alt="" width="76" height="57" />Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has come to the assistance of a woman suffering from progressive osteomyelitis, a disease that was causing ...Full Article

Hybrid Rocket Engines Use Additive Manufacturing to Combine the Advantages of Solid and Liquid Propellants

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/rocket_motor_on_stand.jpg" alt="" width="91" height="59" />Hybrid rocket engines, which combine a solid fuel with a liquid oxidizer, offer the best of both worlds including immediate launch capability ...Full Article

Case Study: Direct Digital Manufacturing Reduces Instrument Part Cost 5% and Lead Time 93%

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/M3500.jpg" alt="" width="108" height="89" />“The lead time for 500 units has been shortened to three days. In the aircraft world, that’s quick for certified production parts,” ...Full Article

3D Printing – Bringing Manufacturing Home

Paul Tate, executive editor of Manufacturing Exective, blogs that 3D printing could change the face of the manufacturing industry, eliminating supply chains, reshoring manufacturing to the U.S., and producing ...Full Article

Another Leap for Digital Manufacturing: 3-D Printers

The wonderful world of 3D printing continues to grow. From sneaker prototypes to circuit boards, it's a technology whose time has come.Full Article

3D Printing and RepRap On the March

At England’s University of Bath Digital Manufacturing Lab, they love their RepRaps, which may be multiplying like lemmings.Full Article

Direct Digital Manufacturing: A Technology Whose Time Has Come

3D printing, a technology that has been in use for several decades, is part of a broader movement known as direct digital manufacturing (DDM) that could forever change the ...Full Article

A Tale of Two Fossils: 3D Printing Ancient Primate Skulls and Futuristic Insects

3D printing stretches the boundaries of what's possible, from perfect fossil replicas to fanciful insect creations.Full Article