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Wool Source and Kiwi Fil bring wool-based colorant to FFF filament in "world first" | Voxel Matters - The heart of additive manufacturing
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (324+ words) Wool Source, a Christchurch, New Zealand-based ingredients manufacturer and the commercial arm of the Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand (WRONZ), has developed a pigment derived from wool fiber for use in fused filament fabrication (FFF) materials." The pigment " produced…...
LUYTEN 3 D et l'Universit" de Wollongong d"veloppent le premier syst'me australien d'impression 3 D de b"ton submerg" | Voxel Matters - Le c'ur de la fabrication additive
2+ week, 2+ day ago (80+ words) Le d'veloppement repose sur un b'ton " " m'lange unique " con'u pour rester stable et extrudable en conditions immerg'es....
DUT team develops microwave-laser hybrid method for 3 D printed ceramics
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (39+ words) Voxel Matters DUT team develops microwave-laser hybrid method for 3 D printed ceramics Combining two energy fields reduces porosity by 85. 5% and raises bending strength in high-temperature eutectic materials...
Urban village demolition waste turned into 3 D printed street furniture
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (253+ words) A research-driven project called Inorganic Growth has converted construction waste sourced from demolished urban villages into 3 D printed street furniture. The initiative, from studio Bentu Design, combined material reprocessing with digital fabrication to transform discarded concrete, brick rubble, and mortar…...
University of Strathclyde researchers 3 D print super-resolution microscopy lenses
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (345+ words) Researchers at the University of Strathclyde have produced high-quality optical lenses using consumer-grade 3 D printers, which demonstrate performance comparable to commercial optics for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy. The university reported it produced each lens for less than "1 ($1. 34). The team designed and…...
Researchers develop a 3 D printing ink that recycles with water
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (175+ words) Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon's Institute of Functional Materials for Sustainability in Teltow, Germany, have created a water-based 3 D printing ink composed of approximately 70% lignin, a byproduct of paper-making processes and biomass extraction." The ink was designed for direct ink…...
Penn State researchers create 4 D printed hydrogel that conceals and displays images on demand
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (394+ words) A team of researchers at Penn State University has developed a 4 D printing technique for programmable hydrogel films that hide and reveal embedded images in response to environmental triggers, with potential applications in adaptive camouflage and information encryption. The synthetic…...
Construction-grade structural beams 3 D printed by MIT team using recycled plastic
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (280+ words) Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a process for 3 D printing construction-grade structural elements using recycled plastic. The team's design is for a 3 D printed floor truss system, but load-bearing tests performed as part of their…...
The MIMETE alloys powering energy AM
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (233+ words) Here are FOMAS Group's key alloys for energy AM applications: FOMAS Group, in partnership with 3 D Energy, 3 D printed a labyrinth cage using MIMETE V 718. By additively manufacturing this part'designed for a high-temperature gas valve for a gas plant in…...
The latest in metal AM consumer applications
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (686+ words) This article was originally published in Voxel Matters" Metal AM Focus 2025 e Book. The full edition can be found here. Unlike most previously seen direct precious metal 3 D printed products, which have been mostly experimental or one-off products, the T'saire…...