High costs of powdered metals and the need for 3D printing/additive manufacturing equipment that can accommodate these materials are challenges that are being met by RIT and Vader Systems. RIT ...

RIT will purchase the first liquid metal 3D-printing system from Vader Systems, a Buffalo-based company. It will be part of an array of high-tech equipment being used for research and product ...

3D printing unicorn Desktop Metal is the latest company to go public in a deal with a blank check company. It will list on the New York Stock Exchange in a merger with Trine Acquisition Corp., a ...

Although there are several methods of 3D-printing metal objects, all of them involve the application of heat – which isn't conducive to producing certain heat-sensitive electronics, among other ...

Siemens Digital Industries Software is collaborating with the University of Michigan to take 3D printing education to the next level. They're offering a five-week online course that will provide ...

Technology in 3D printing is advancing and one day could rival traditional manufacturing techniques, according to a local expert in the field. Howard Kuhn, a University of Pittsburgh adjunct ...

ESA scientists have successfully demonstrated 3D printing of a metal part in space for the first time.

The world's first 3D printed gun has come and gone. It fired a shot, but was made of plastic and broke down very quickly. Further revisions of the gun had it last a little longer but the weapons ...

And to this day, 3D printers that make metal objects don’t generate the same smooth quality surfaces as traditional injection molding.

Stratasys announced plans to merge with Desktop Metal, and now another industry bigwig is getting in on the action.

Stratasys Ltd , a maker of industrial 3D printers, said on Thursday it would merge with peer Desktop Metal Inc in an all-stock transaction valued at about $1.8 billion.

Local News The world's largest 3D metal printer is coming to the Rock Island Arsenal Next spring, the Rock Island Arsenal will have a new tool to make manufacturing military equipment more convenient.