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 ...

The development of cheaper, more powerful lasers has always been a cause for excitement among hackers, and fiber lasers are no exception. One of the newer tools they’ve enabled is the laser welder, ...

Startup Seurat Technologies Inc., which develops laser-powered 3D printers for the industrial sector, today announced that it has raised $99 million in funding. Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures fund and ...

Germany-based companies, 3D-Micromac AG, a provider of laser micromachining systems, and EOS GmbH, an e-Manufacturing group, have teamed up to form a new organization dubbed 3D MicroPrint GmbH. The ...

3D-metal printing could very easily become the go-to method for manufacturing around the world. Desktop Metal just developed a new metal 3D printer that is reportedly faster, safer and cheaper than ...

Additive manufacturing is a process that adds material, usually on a layer-to-layer basis, to make a 3D object based off the interpretation of 3D computer-aided-design (CAD) data. Additive ...

AI models are designing new metal alloys that have been 3D-printed and tested in the lab. The results are then fed back into ...

(Nanowerk News) While laser-based 3D printing techniques have revolutionized the production of metal parts by greatly expanding design complexity, the laser beams traditionally used in metal printing ...

Freeform has developed a 3D printing system called GoldenEye that is specifically optimized for metalworking. According to the company, it uses 18 lasers to make parts from metal powder. Built-in ...

D printing has become a major favorite for hobbyists all over the world, but it's also finding its way into different ...

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 ...