Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their arsenal: 3D printing. This disruptive technology has great promise for rapid ...

Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

3D printing promises to be the gateway to a world where a person's ideas are literally made manifest. Draw it up on a computer, hit the print button and a short while later, there's what you just ...

You may have heard of 3D-printing pens before: devices like the 3Doodler which turn plastic filaments into a gel that hardens in the air — letting users create impressive freehand sculptures in the ...

In recent years, 3D printing has helped transform the face of manufacturing, leading some to call the technology a sign of the Third Industrial Revolution. Consumer-level printers are capable of ...

With an estimated 500 billion plastic bottles used globally each year, the achievement represents a small but meaningful ...

Over 15,000 people, belonging to various countries, visited the three-day "12th International Plastic, Printing, Packaging and Food, Equipment & Technology Exhibition" which concluded here at Expo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carolyn Schwaar is a tech journalist and editor at All3DP Magazine. This article is more than 3 years old. 3D-printed skull ...

A remote Indigenous community is using 3D printing to turn its plastic waste into sunglasses, phone cases and toys, as part of an initiative to encourage school attendance. The flagship program on ...