multiple materials

Multi-Material 3D Printing: 3D Print Me a Sandwich (Structure)

There are these developments that we all feel are coming (YouTube, second nozzles, inexpensive desktop SLA) and there are those that are head-splitting-ly obvious when announced (Dirk van der Kooij’s…

New Multi-Material Bioprinting Technique Advances On-Demand Complex Tissue 3D Printing

Advances continue to be made in the progressive field of bioprinting, pushing toward increased ability to 3D print human tissue. A study completed by a collaboration of researchers from UCLA, Brigham and…

XYZprinting Introduces Its Largest FFF 3D Printer, the da Vinci Super

At IFA 2017 in Germany, leading 3D printer manufacturer XYZprinting introduced its full-color FFF da Vinci Color 3D printer, an Innovation Awards Honoree at CES 2017. The color 3D printer was released…

ACEO Introduces Multi-Material 3D Printing for Silicones

It was only a little over a year ago that silicone 3D printing became an industrial technology for the first time. Wacker Chemie introduced its ACEO brand and ACEO Imagine Series…

Soon-to-Be-Released Aether 1 3D Printer Can Do Absolutely Everything

Most 3D printers are made for a particular function. There are printers for metal, printers for plastic, food printers, bioprinters, but for the most part, they’re each limited to one…

Printrbot Introduces Dual Extruder Upgrade For Their Metal Plus 3D Printer

Earlier this week, we released a list of what we feel are among the top 10 affordable desktop 3D printers available at this time. Coming in at #4 on the list…

Tytan 3D to Launch a Multi-Material 3D Printer Which Prints in Salt, Paper, Food, Adhesives & More

As 3D printing technology progresses, we are seeing all sorts of new materials hit the market. Composite polymers, new proprietary resin formulations, and entirely new material types altogether, have been…

Large Enough to 3D Print a Boat or SUV, New Full Color Chinese 3D Printer is Unveiled

China seems to be one of the nations who are establishing themselves at the forefront of 3D printing innovation. Last month, it was reported that China has begun 3D printing full…