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Entry level Personal 3D Printer launched at CES 2012

date January 15, 2012 comments Comments { 0 }

3D Systems unveiled its first ever consumer 3D printer at CES 2012 in Las Vegas. 3D Printers Australia was there to check it out. Dubbed the “Cube” its priced at US$1,299 its ready to print right out of the box in a wide range of vibrant colors. This affordable, color 3D printer is the first [...]

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Stop motion with 3D printing

date December 10, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

This is a great video of some behind the scenes action of the making of a stop motion video on responsible farming. The interesting angle is this video was commissioned by a chain of Mexican restaurants in the USA. It could just be me but it seems kind of weird that a restaurant would put [...]

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3D Systems acquires ZCorp

date November 23, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

The beast keeps getting bigger! 3D Systems Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Z Corporation (“Z Corp”) and Vidar Systems (“Vidar”) for $137 million in cash from Contex Group, a subsidiary of Ratos AB, a listed private equity company located in Stockholm, Sweden. The combination of Z Corp and Vidar [...]

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Improved Hybrid 3D Printing System

Improved Hybrid 3D Printing System

date November 4, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

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The ProJet 6000 is a new and improved standard of Hybrid 3D Printing Systems. It integrates the material flexibility of an SLA with the ease of use of a 3D Printer. This innovative 3D printing system boasts many improved features including an improved standard for precision high quality prototypes and an extensive range of materials from ABS like, Clear [...]

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Aussie’s manufacturing UAV’s via 3D printing!

date October 18, 2011 comments Comments { 1 }

The CyberQuad is an Australian designed unmanned, electric vertical take-off and landing system (Quadrotor) designed by Cyber technology in WA.  It’s a great example of the power of 3D printing, for the production of end-use-parts and assemblies made directly from 3D CAD data – without tooling. A true direct manufacturing application, the CyberQuad, is produced in [...]

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International Giant 3D Systems Acquires Aussie Formero

date September 21, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

The international juggernaut in 3D printing, 3DS (3D Systems) have struck again!! This time it’s one of Australia’s leading 3D printer suppliers and 3d printing services formerly known as Former.  Read on for the official press release.   Share

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Home made DLP printer

date August 15, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

A while back we posted some pictures of parts that were printed on a home made high resolution DLP 3D printer by Junior Veloso. Well it looks as though he has been busy refining his software and printing some serious detailed small parts! From the limited information it looks as though he has some initial [...]

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First ever 3D Printed Plane

date August 3, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

A team of aeronautical engineers from the University of Southampton are demonstrating the first fully 3d printed plane. The team believes that with the aid of  3D printing Unmanned Aircraft (UAVs) will be able to transform from design to reality in a matter of days. “With 3D printing we can go back to pure forms [...]

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Coming soon to a shop near you!

date July 2, 2011 comments Comments { 0 }

Last Saturday over ice cream, I made an important bet with a friend: that by 2015, you would be able to walk into a mainstream electronics department store, and buy a 3D printer off the shelf. Share

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Solar Sand 3D Printer

date June 26, 2011 comments Comments { 1 }

Markus Kayser has developed a 3D printer which harnesses the power of the sun to sinter layers of sand to create 3D parts in glass! Dubbed the Solar-Sinter, the semi automatic 3D printer focuses the energy of the sun through a large fresnel lenes and melts the sand, thus turning it into glass, to form [...]

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