Toledo, Ohio — A filament for 3D printing made of nylon, polyolefin and cellulose is part of an Ohio project to create medical devices such as wearable sensors. FibreTuff Medical Biopolymers LLC, a ...

An affordable 3D printer has launched via Kickstarter offering a large volume print size of 300 x 300 x 400 mm in height. The 3D printer is capable of printing a wide variety of different materials ...

[taulman] over on Instructables has been working on his own version of a 3D printer. Unlike the usual PLA or ABS filament all the RepRaps and Makerbots use, this printer uses nylon to make parts with ...

After you pick a 3D printer, the first decision you'll have to make is what type of filament you want to use. Look deep enough, and you'll see several dozen varieties—even setting aside the numerous ...

Most think 3D-printed tooling has many limitations. They think that plastic simply isn’t strong enough. That’s a ...

If you want to try printing with nylon, with less environmental impact* that virgin nylon, a company called Fishy Filaments is making a 1.75mm filament by recycling Cornish fishing nets. ‘Porthcurno’ ...

Unlike standard ink cartridges, there are several variations of filament on the market, each with its own unique properties. 3D printing has always, and always will be, an industrial mainstay of ...

Most desktop 3D printers use what's called FDM (fused deposition modeling) printing. Another term is FFF (or fused filament fabrication). The idea behind both of these is that a 3D print is built up ...