This core was 3D printed from steel at Star Rapid using a Renishaw AM 250 printer. Product developers and engineers who design and manufacture plastic parts now have a powerful new weapon in their ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- 3D printing is not just being used for making souvenirs, car parts and smartphones. It's being used more and more in hospitals and medical schools. "It's extraordinary. It truly ...

3D printing is all well and good for making low numbers of units, so long as they’re small enough to print in a reasonable time, but what if you want to go really big? Does a 35-hour print time sound ...

3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers.

The 3D-printed motor matched or outperformed comparable motors made with conventional manufacturing — and only cost 50 cents ...

In recent years, 3D printing has helped transform the face of manufacturing, leading some to call the technology a sign of the Third Industrial Revolution. Consumer-level printers are capable of ...

MIT engineers have 3D printed a working electric motor. That’s quite a feat because electric motors are made of metal and plastic, and most 3D printers can make objects in one or the other materials ...