3D Printing Materials

Small printers are designed to make additive manufacturing more accessible and ideal for research, prototyping, and small replacement parts.

Researchers at Waseda University have developed a hybrid fused filament fabrication method that improves metal adhesion to the plastic part and eliminates an environmentally problematic step compared with conventional metallization processes.

Researchers develop a new method to 3D print the thermal insulating materials for precision engineering.

A coating developed at Purdue transforms the material into smart packaging or interactive keyboard technology without wires or batteries.

A polypropylene-like material suited for 3D printing medical and wearable devices has been introduced by materials supplier Henkel in collaboration with Nex3D, a maker of stereolithography-based 3D printers. 

While the expansion of 3D printing production is slowed, its reemergence is nearly inevitable, according to IDTechEx report.