Recent advances in 3D printing have transformed the traditional sand casting industry by introducing techniques that significantly enhance design flexibility, reduce production lead times, and ...

Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his own tapping arm, he ...

Slip casting can be messy both in processing and in making the original plaster mold. What if there was a better way, thanks to 3D printing? [Allie Katz] has developed a new technique using 3D printed ...

The innovative 3D printing materials company MadeSolid-- maker of recyclable, ABS-like PET+ filament -- is now selling an investment casting resin for metal parts. The company says the resin costs a ...

Elegoo's Centauri Carbon 3D printer is a beginner-friendly option that's easy to use and currently on sale for $300.

The emergence of 3D printed open-source lathes marks a significant milestone in the development of cost-effective machine tools. By ingeniously combining 3D printing technology with concrete casting ...

A few years ago, 3D printing sounded like science fiction. Today, there are thousands of beginner-friendly designs perfect for learning the basics.

MacLean-Fogg & Fraunhofer ILT deliver world’s largest 3D-printed die casting insert for Toyota Europe. A conformally cooled insert, allegedly the largest in the world, was produced using Fraunhofer ...

Aluminum is one of the most useful metals in modern life. It is light, strong, affordable, and easy to recycle. That is why ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...