Metal 3D printers are, by and large, many times more expensive than their FDM and resin-based brethren. It’s a shame, because there’s plenty of projects that would benefit from being ab… ...

Every now and then we’ll see a 3D printer that can print an entire house out of concrete or print an entire rocket out of metal. But usually, for our budget-friendly hobbyist needs, most of o… ...

Metal 3D printing in general has grown significantly across industries in the past decade, but it was a technology lacking an entry level, ...

The world of metal 3D printing has been in flux this past year, the most notable example being Nano Dimension’s acquisition of Desktop Metal. The deal came two years after the once white-hot ...

Burlington, Mass.-based Desktop Metal, a leader in metal 3D printing, has raised more than $430 million from investors that include Koch Disruptive Technologies, GV, Ford, NEA and Kleiner Perkins ...

A Navy ship got a giant liquid-metal 3D printer earlier this month. The printer weighs 4,630 pounds (without its large metal storage box) and heats aluminum up to 1,562 degrees.

Built by an Airbus-led team, the printer is about the size of a washing machine—small for metal 3D printers but big for space exploration—and uses high-powered lasers to liquefy metal alloys at ...

The first metal 3D printer aboard the International Space Station successfully dribbled out a molten “S curve” last Thursday, in what the European Space Agency (ESA) is calling a “giant leap ...

Novel 3D printing method to fabricate complex metal-plastic composite structures Date: November 30, 2022 Source: Waseda University Summary: In recent years, research interest in the 3D printing of ...

ESA scientists have successfully demonstrated 3D printing of a metal part in space for the first time. 3D printing in space poses challenges, as many methods rely on gravity to position materials ...

If the 3D printer yields the desired results, the technology could prove critical to Mars and lunar exploration, while contributing to ESA’s vision for a circular space economy.