Most folks that have been poking around at multi-tool 3D printing know that lining up nozzles can be a gnarly, but necessary pain point. Existing methods either have us measure offsets with a vernier ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Like fingerprints, no 3D printer is exactly the same. That’s the takeaway from a new University at Buffalo-led study that describes what’s believed to be the first accurate method for ...

Start-up XYZPrinting today released its first all-in-one 3D printer, which uses a 3D laser scanner to replicate objects placed inside the machine. While other 3D printing companies sell handheld ...

Most 3D printers build up 3D objects layer by layer. This creates a “stair-step” effect along the edges. It also limits the printer’s ability to build flexible objects because bendable materials often ...

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I admit that I’m late to the 3D printing game. While I just picked up my first printer in 2018, the rest of us have been oozing out beautiful prints for over a decade. And in that time we’ve seen many ...

The highly dynamic, complex, and short-lived physical phenomena that occur during the 3D-printing process have eluded detection and understanding since the advent of the technology more than three ...

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