Supports are a necessary but often frustrating part of 3D printing. These structures serve as a base for overhanging elements, so that your model doesn’t warp or sag in unexpected ways. Not only do ...
Support-free building in additive manufacturing (AM) refers to developing ways to produce 3D printed parts entirely independent of support structures. Supports are commonly used in a build to ...
In the metal AM process, supports in anchor parts prevent distortion. Support structures are made of the same materials as the part and prevent distortion, but add considerable design and ...
MakerBot announced that the MakerBot LABS Experimental Extruder for the MakerBot METHOD 3D printers is now qualified to use the BASF Ultrafuse 316L Stainless Steel material by Forward AM. This ...
We’re all too familiar with the 3D printing post-processing step of removing supports, and lamenting the waste of plastic on yet another dwindling reel of filament. When the material is expensive ...
Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printers which squirt out molten plastic layer by layer are by far the most popular type in general use. Most machines extrude plastic through a nozzle above print ...