In the beginning, 3D printing was primarily used to make prototypes of new products ... He is ecstatic to be at Machine Design Magazine in New York City and looks forward to producing valuable ...

Manufacturing-as-a-service, and 3D printing in particular, has revolutionized the building of a pre-production prototypes. Most startups do not have months and tens-of-thousands of dollars to ...

The Brightwave Hemosep autotransfusion machine can do this – and its prototyping costs have been cut by 96 percent via 3D printing. Gizmag featured the Hemosep when it was launched in 2012.

Three months prior, HP showed off a pair of washing machine-sized ... forward for the industry: 3D printing for production, moving past a single-minded focus on prototype to an end use product.

Behind every sophisticated machine, there is a symphony of code and digital design that sets the stage for the tangible masterpiece. As 3D Printing for Prototyping emerges as a dominant force in ...

It’s more mainstream than ever, and you can buy a machine for less than $200. Also called additive manufacturing or rapid prototyping, 3D printing has many advantages over the more traditional ...

It’s emerged as a great alternative to traditional fabrication methods, such as cutting prototypes from wood or metal via woodworking or machine shops. 3-D printing is an additive process—using CAD ...

“3D printing has been around for 30 years,” Justin says, “but it wasn’t called 3D printing, it was called rapid prototyping ... and send it to the machine, it slices it into layers ...

The first attempt didn’t work well, but that is the nice thing about 3D printing — it is easy ... However, this is just a prototype and it does work. It only needs more rigidity and repeatability.

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Optical lenses play a crucial role in a vast array of applications, from microscopy and astronomy to photography, medical devices, and machine vision systems ... of additive ...