At the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), additive manufacturing is big in more ways than one. The facility specializes in printing large stuff. In the past, it ...

Last month, we embarked on a journey into the potential and possibilities that 3D-printed press brake tools offer (see Figure 1). We learned about common filament types and the basic 3D printing ...

It’s not yet official, but the upcoming release of OrcaSlicer has some very interesting new features. The open-source slicer is extremely popular in the desktop 3D printing community due to its ...

Engineers at the University of Maine have developed a groundbreaking method to accurately predict the strength of lightweight 3D-printed objects. This research, conducted at the university's Advanced ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Developers in Knoxville are continuing to build middle housing to fight the city’s housing shortage. Spencer Stanley with Stanley Homes is building two duplexes on the corner ...

Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community. Researchers at Indiana’s Purdue University are studying how the unusual honeycomb structures ...

Choosing the right infill pattern is a key challenge in 3D printing when it comes to the stability and resilience of the printed parts. The YouTube channel Made with Layers has tackled this topic in a ...

Despite living near — or, in some cases, directly below — rapid transit lines, some residents of cities like Atlanta and Washington, D.C. still lack access to transit. As Benjamin Schneider explains ...

Abstract: 3D printing can potentially transform traditional electronics manufacturing by allowing for the accurate direct digital manufacture of complex electronic structures with a much smaller ...

When working with an FDM 3D printer your first prints are likely trinkets where strength is less relevant than surface quality. Later on when attempting more structural prints, the settings become ...

Narrow houses close together allow for a higher density of housing than what is common in new subdivisions today. (Emily Hamilton) There's a school of architects and urban planners who support ...