Silicone is a useful material for many purposes. Traditionally, creating something out of silicone required injection molding. That’s not difficult, but it does require a good bit of setup. As ...

3D printers have become versatile, affordable, and powerful enough to print all sorts of things — including car parts. The process has also developed beyond DIY and prototyping (there are even 3D ...

BMW Group brands 3D-print metal & plastic parts for some exclusive cars. Additive Manufacturing Campus near Munich features 50 metal & polymer printers. High cost of Laser Beam Melting means ...

Building hot rods remained basically the same for decades, with tried-and-true “old school” methods being used to create increasingly complex builds. Computers really changed the game, allowing things ...

FRIEDBERG, Germany—Voxeljet is now offering its customers on-demand parts made from TPU. These are created using its high speed sintering (HSS) technology. The company said the TPU was developed in ...

The power of 3D printing has revolutionized not just commercial endeavors like Europe's largest 3D-printed building but also personal projects in your own home. With some know-how and plenty of resin ...

For those getting started with 3D printers, thermoplastics such as ABS and PLA are the norm. For those looking to produce parts with some give, materials like Ninjaflex are most commonly chosen, using ...

DEARBORN, Mich. & DÜSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EnvisionTEC and Henkel today have announced an expansion of their partnership agreement to further drive the adoption of production level 3D ...

DETROIT—General Motors Co. has used 3D printing since 1989 to help build prototypes faster, but the technology wasn't ready to go much beyond that. Now, GM is 3D printing tools for medical device ...