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The 3D printing market is expected to reach $13 billion by 2022¹. Progress is being driven by making the technology accessible to anyone, anywhere. But with that can come challenges for an organization adopting 3D printing.
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The customer decided to automate the process of picking 6 different types of pipe parts from a bin and placing them into a swedging machine. The solution consists of a Staübli TX2-90L robot equipped with a Photoneo PhoXi 3D Scanner.
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He was a runner-up in our Make It Real 3D Printing Challenge. His idea was to create a very low-cost brain-controlled prosthetic arm.
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What is 3D printing? This article goes over the basics of 3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, covering its engineering principles and applications.
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The Next Byte Podcast is hosted by two young engineers - Daniel and Farbod - who select the most interesting tech/engineering cont...
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In this episode, we explore how researchers have developed an AI system that can watch a 3D print as it's being made, detect mistakes, and automatically correct them before the print fails
Unlock increased productivity with the BigRep ONE.5X, a cutting-edge large-scale FDM 3D printing.
webinar | JUN 29 - JUN 29, 2026
A live panel on how China, Europe, and the US are building, certifying, and reconciling additive manufacturing standards, and where those approaches still don't line up.
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What is Swiss machining? This guide explains how Swiss-type lathes work, how they differ from conventional lathes, and when to use them.
What is a CNC router? This guide explains how a CNC router works, what it is built from, the materials it cuts, and where it fits among CNC machines.
A crystal oscillator circuit uses a quartz crystal and an amplifier to generate a highly stable frequency reference. This guide explains Pierce oscillator design, load capacitance, negative resistance, drive level, startup behavior, and frequency stability in microcontrollers and RF systems.
Learn how the AND truth table works, understand how AND gates are shown in circuit diagrams, and where they are used in real systems.
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The 3D printing market is expected to reach $13 billion by 2022¹. Progress is being driven by making the technology accessible to anyone, anywhere. But with that can come challenges for an organization adopting 3D printing.
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The customer decided to automate the process of picking 6 different types of pipe parts from a bin and placing them into a swedging machine. The solution consists of a Staübli TX2-90L robot equipped with a Photoneo PhoXi 3D Scanner.
He was a runner-up in our Make It Real 3D Printing Challenge. His idea was to create a very low-cost brain-controlled prosthetic arm.
This major software release introduces real-time visualization with GPU acceleration; a technology breakthrough that will fundamentally change how nTop users interact with the software.
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Watch this special Ultimaker event and learn about the future of the 3D printing ecosystem. New CEO, Jürgen von Hollen, kicks everything off with exciting news and inspiration on how to use 3D printing to transform your competitive advantage with the Ultimaker platform.
ABS and PLA remain some of the go-to materials for hobbyists and other 3D printer users. Here we compare the two popular filaments in detail.
For this 7th edition, more than 1900 3D printing users answered our survey, providing interesting insights and information about the role of additive manufacturing in their business.
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From Single Models to Full MLOps, Edge Impulse Is The New Instruction Engine For A Smarter Industrial Sector.
Introducing an array of new features to bring nTopology into the 2nd Dimension.
In this episode, we talk about NASA’s spacecraft to explore the Psyche 16 asteroid, a TAMU professor’s plan to improve your HVAC system using organic polymers, and Heineken’s initiative to use 3D printers to level up their factories.
Advanced sensors and sophisticated AI power intuitive robotic assistant.
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In this Insight video, Protolabs take a closer look at knit lines – covering what they are, how they are caused, problems they can cause and how to avoid them (or at least minimise their effects!)
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Ultra-realistic 3m-tall dinosaur, 3D printed on the Massivit 1800 large format 3D printer by METROPOLE is wow-ing French train commuters at the Gare d’Austerlitz railway station.
The solution consists of a tailor-made application based on accurate localization and robot-camera calibration. PhoXi 3D Scanner scans the object from two different positions to increase the reliability of measurement and robustness of localization.
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UV curable gel reduces production time while creating large-format prints
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