One of the great advances in the field of industrial engineering has been the development of reverse engineering processes. This consists of extracting information directly from a physical system and translating it into a digital model.Reverse engineering provides many advantages when modelli

Three types of solutions can be found in the market for professional 3D printing systems:Integrated or closed solutions, which are those where the manufacturer provides equipment, materials and software intended to work together. When purchasing an integrated solution, it is not possible to u

Silencio is a book of illustrated poetry, which takes advantage of the relief created by 3D printing to offer a reading suitable for sighted and blind people. The book, written by Néstor Toribio Ruiz, is interpreted by Jennifer Martin-Lorente, a graphic designer by profession and passionate a

SLS 3D printing technology is one of the most widely used technologies in the industrial sector today. This manufacturing technology consists of sintering powder material layer by layer and selectively using a high-power laser.Recently, desktop SLS 3D printers, such as those from the manufact

A large number of people today suffer from diabetes. For these people, rigorous and constant glucose monitoring is vital. This is usually done using enzyme biosensors that check blood sugar levels. These devices often require the use of needles for sampling, which can be invasive, painful and

One of the main limitations of FFF 3D printing compared to other additive manufacturing technologies is the need for the printed area of each layer to be supported by a previous printed layer. This means that any part of the part with an overhang greater than 45º or any bridge longer than 10m

Polymaker recently announced the arrival of a new filament: PolyTerra. Polymaker is a renowned manufacturer of FDM 3D printing materials, known for the quality of its filaments and its wide range of materials, both conventional and technical.In this case, Polymaker has opted for the developme

Some time ago we met IdeaMaker, the lamination software for FDM 3D printing developed by Raise 3D, the renowned manufacturer of high-quality 3D printers such as Raise 3D E2 or Raise 3D Pro2.Raise 3D offers its lamination software free of charge: IdeaMaker, which can be downloaded from its web

The range of materials for 3D printing is constantly growing. In many cases, certain materials are known, but the different applications they can have are not imagined. This is often the case with filaments with very specific characteristics, such as Recreus PP3D filament.PP3D is a Polypropyl

3D printed fashion ranges from dresses to accessories to shoes. 3D printing has been a before and after in the fashion industry; and its application has been increasing in recent years.3D modeling and additive manufacturing have brought numerous advantages to the creative process, being used

Many users of 3D printing with FDM technology have asked this question at some point.Most desktop FDM 3D printers have only one extruder, so the user loses the option of combining several filaments; for example when printing complex parts using one construction filament and one support filame

Traditionally, additive manufacturing has been used in areas such as automotive, education or architecture, among others. However, this project was developed within the framework of geology.Tomas Feřtek, a research engineer at the Institute of Geology, has used 3D printing to produce mechanic

The Virtual Foundry is an American company which, after years of research, has managed to develop the range of metal filaments Filamet™. These filaments, by means of post-processing based on sintering, make it possible to obtain completely metallic parts.In this way, The Virtual Foundry has b

3D printing of light-curable resins has been gaining ground in recent years to become the second most popular 3D printing technology after FFF, both in professional and maker environments. This boom has been the result of two important factors. On the one hand, the lower cost of resin 3D prin

One of the main barriers that 3D resin printing has always had when implemented at an industrial level has been the limited variety of materials available. Originally the only materials available were resins based on acrylate oligomers, generally of low molecular weight, which stood out for t

Environmental impact is the alteration or modification caused by human action on the environment. Today, there are many terms related to the impact on the environment of different materials or products used on a daily basis.In order to understand the effect that different materials generate i

FDM 3D printers are currently available on the market in a wide variety of build volumes. From printers with bases of 15 x 15 cm to bases of 50 x 50 cm. There is a general belief that the larger the build volume is, the better. This is due to the reasoning that everything that can be printed

Traditionally, the most widely used production processes in the industry have been classified into two main groups: subtractive manufacturing, mainly represented by CNC machining, and formative or molding manufacturing, represented by injection molding and investment casting. Both groups have

Isotropy in materials is a quality that defines the uniformity of its properties regardless of the direction in which they are measured.In general, most thermoplastics are considered isotropic materials. Due to their nature and the cohesion between the polymer chains that compose them is unif

Additive manufacturing is the term used to describe the entire set of manufacturing technologies based on material contribution forming. This means that, unlike subtractive manufacturing (which encompasses traditional CNC machining methods), it is based on building parts by providing layer by