3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing? By Graham Templeton October 26, 2015 ...

Enterprising do-it-yourselfers have built or modded print heads, generally piezoelectric heads, to work with various materials—in some cases printing out the print heads themselves on other 3D ...

While most forms of 3D printing utilize simple plastic in one form or another, not all of them do. For example, the process of selective laser sintering, or SLS, makes use of powdered polymers.

If you’re interested in getting a rundown of what 3D printers are, how they work, how much they cost, and what you could do with them, you’ve come to the right place.

When you think of manufacturing you probably envision buildings with machines that are huge. 3DPX is a 3D printing company making thousands of different parts each year out of plastic and metal ...

How 3D printing could revolutionize auto manufacturing Kevin Czinger, of Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies, envisions flexible, local factories that are fixtures in their communities.

Learn how the Form 4 printer from Formlabs rivals injection molding with its accuracy, quality and speed, offering engineers a range of materials for various applications while prioritizing ...

This is 2D printing, because there’s an area with an x-axis and a y-axis, so there are two degrees of freedom. With 3D printing, there's a third dimension: height.