Germany-based companies, 3D-Micromac AG, a provider of laser micromachining systems, and EOS GmbH, an e-Manufacturing group, have teamed up to form a new organization dubbed 3D MicroPrint GmbH. The ...

Introducing metal 3D printing to the world as a viable solution for fully functional firearm prototypes. At http://www.solidconcepts.com you can learn more about the ...

DePuy Spine reduces medical component lead times using direct metal laser sintering. Direct metal laser-sintering (DMLS) technology has spawned a new foundation on how medical companies design ...

ROCK HILL, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:TDSC), a leading provider of 3-D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, today announced it has entered into a private ...

A Texas firm called Solid Concepts has announced it has successfully 3D-printed a gun in metal. The firm chose to print a working replica of a classic Browning 1911 pistol in order to prove how ...

3D printing with metals has been around for a while now, but — just like 3D printing as a whole — it’s only just starting to seep through from industrial applications to consumer-friendly ones. In ...

A new patent application from GE/Concept Laser proposes tighter real time control over laser energy in powder bed fusion systems.

Michigan-based Sintercore is billing its Auxetik (pronounced Aug-ZETIK) as the first commercial 3D printed firearm muzzle brake. Made of Inconel alloy using a laser additive manufacturing process, the ...

At the level pursued by many Hackaday readers, the advent of affordable 3D printing has revolutionised prototyping, as long as the resolution of a desktop printer is adequate and the part can be made ...