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Discover how to print with high-performance filaments like PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM. Learn about their properties, hardware needs, challenges, and best practices for industrial-grade 3D printing.
In this article, I'll share key tips to help you create stronger, more efficient designs for FDM 3D printing.
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In this episode, we cover ETH Zurich's biodegradable heart patch that combines 3D printing, living heart cells, and smart materials to seal and heal damaged heart tissue - paving the way for true cardiac regeneration after heart attacks.
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What is ABS filament? This article explores the properties and applications of this robust thermoplastic.
Understand the fundamentals of media blasting and discover proven methods for improving surface adhesion, minimizing contamination, and achieving consistent, high-quality finishes in post-process operations.
EPFL researchers have pioneered a 3D printing method that grows metals and ceramics inside a water-based gel, resulting in exceptionally dense, yet intricate constructions for next-generation energy, biomedical, and sensing technologies.
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In this article, I'll share key tips to help you create stronger, more precise, and manufacturable designs for SLS 3D printing.
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MIT's SustainaPrint gives 3D printing the "Hannah Montana treatment" by combining eco-friendly plastics with tough materials only where needed, delivering the best of both worlds with strong AND sustainable prints
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This guide explores how to leverage infill to balance structural integrity with efficiency, ensuring your 3D prints meet specific performance needs while minimizing waste and production time.
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A decimal counter is a digital circuit that cycles through zero to nine using logic components. It is essential in clocks and timers. Making a decimal counter using seven-segment displays offers great opportunities for students to learn sequential logic, clock signals, and circuit integration.
Explore how 3D-Fuel's Pro PCTG filament advances additive manufacturing, offering higher impact strength, improved environmental resistance, and reliable printability for functional and industrial 3D printing applications.
In this article, I'll share key tips to help you design more reliable, high-performance parts for Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing.
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New research enables computer designs to incorporate the limitations of 3D printers, to better control materials' performance in aerospace, medical, and other applications.
Discover the FDM printer meaning in practical terms, exploring how fused deposition modeling works and why it remains one of the most widely used technologies today.
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