Hackaday

3D Printing In Metal: The Laser And Metal Powder Printers We Saw At IMTS

Last week I went to the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) and it was incredible. This is a toy store for machinists and showcases the best of industrial automation. But one of the ...
Tom's Hardware on MSN

3D printing for consumers at CES 2026 — Creality, Snapmaker, AtomForm and Protopasta show their latest systems

The SPARKX i7 earned Tom’s Hardware’s Best 3D Printer award as Creality, Snapmaker, AtomForm, and Protopasta showed how home ...
3Dnatives

6 Standout 3D Printing Innovations from CES 2026

What 3D printing innovations came out of CES 2026? Discover new printers from Creality, AtomForm, MetalPrinting and more!
Morning Overview on MSN

MIT 3D-printed aluminum that’s 5× stronger than before

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, ...
Business Wire

Industry’s First Technology to Use Magnesium Alloys in Wire-Laser Metal 3D Printer Developed by Multi-sector Consortium in Japan

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503), Magnesium Research Center (MRC) of Kumamoto University, TOHO KINZOKU CO., LTD., and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ...
New Atlas

First-ever 3D metal printing in space achieved on ISS

Generally, 3D metal printers work by laying down a bed of metal alloy powder, then sintering it with an electron beam or a laser in a pattern based on a digital file. A second layer is automatically ...
Hackaday

fiber laser

An accessible 3D printer for metals has been the holy grail of amateur printer builders since at least the beginning of the RepRap project, but as tends to be the case with holy grails, it’s proven ...
Optics

Nuburu and Essentium to develop blue laser-based wire feed metal 3D printers

Nuburu, a developer of high power and high brightness industrial blue lasers, and Essentium, which makes industrial additive manufacturing systems have announced a partnership to develop and ...
Ars Technica

If you had to choose, laser cutting or 3D printing?

So a local "maker space" has two introductory workshops. One for laser cutting/engraving, the other on 3D printing. Ideally I'd visit both, since I'm clueless in both techniques and I haven't designed ...
CNET

I Tested a New UV Printer at CES 2026. I’m Excited for What’s to Come

I recently wrote about my predictions for makers in 2026 and where I think we will see the most growth. One of my top ...
AZOM

Developments in 3D Metal Printing

3D Printing has been gaining traction through many scientific and engineering disciplines as an easy way to print complex hierarchical structures, some of which are not possible by other means. The 3D ...
Space.com

How is metal 3D printing transforming space travel?

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Metal 3D printing can produce the most intricate rocket parts, using combustion-resistant ...