D printing is injecting much-needed innovation into sneaker design, but it’s small brands that are leading where big names ...

Discover The Filament, the new brand from Spectrum for 3D printing enthusiasts seeking practicality, functionality, and ...

Both chopped and continuous fibers are used in composite 3D printing for lightweight, strong parts. We took a look at how ...

Omani design collective Nawa has created a plastic-free filament for 3D printing using waste date seeds, which is on display at Dutch Design Week. Called RePit as a play on the word "repeat", the ...

Prices for recycled high density polyethylene resin pellets have continued to rise slightly in the last quarter of the year. Natural post-consumer pellet prices increased by 2 cents, mixed-colored ...

The low density polyethylene market is anticipated to witness substantial ... Another trend is the increasing use of LDPE in 3D printing filament manufacturing, particularly for prototyping and rapid ...

Filament 3D printing, also known as Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), is the most common type of 3D printing. It uses a solid plastic filament (think thin wire) to build your figurine layer by layer.

Collector Jay Leno turned to additive manufacturing to repair a 1913 Packard, and the same tech could work on your next ...

Filament isn’t necessarily expensive in itself, but it’s not cheap either, and the less wasted plastic the better. The ...

At home, keep cold air out with inexpensive draft excluders, and switch to LED lighting whenever a filament-style bulb burns out. Another area for reducing is bottled water. Rather than buying and ...

Most printers in this segment build 3D objects out of successive layers of molten plastic, a technique known as fused filament fabrication (FFF). It's also called fused deposition modeling (FDM ...

Among their advantages? They muffle the operating noise, as well as reduce the odor from melted filament (which is potentially an issue with ABS plastic), and they provide some protection for ...