have a short list of tips for getting the best results when 3D printing molds on filament-based printers. A mold is put into direct, prolonged contact with a hot sheet of semi-molten plastic.

Now the folks at FormLabs have turned the whole ‘casting metal and 3D printer’ thing on its head: they’re printing sacrificial molds to cast pewter. There are two techniques demonstrated in ...

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Researchers develop ultra-fast nature-inspired 3D printing method. ‘Growth printing’ mimics tree growth to create polymer parts quickly.

Charging forward at top speed, a garden snail slimes up 1 millimeter of pavement per second. By this logic, Beckman Institute ...

A team of researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has developed a new 3D printing method ...