In this paper, learn the difference between SLA, DLP and 3SP for additive manufacturing in a large build envelope when high accuracy, repeatability, reliability and throughput are required. SLA has inherent difficulties building large parts that are expensive to correct with galvo mirrors, optical systems and...

Medical Design Technology | March 23, 2017 ~ In “Medical 3D Printing: The Current State of Viable Materials,” 3Diligent offers perspective about the various materials used in medical 3D Printing, including aqueous solutions/bioinks, polymers, low-temperature polymers, high-temperature polymers, thermostat polymers and metals. Peter Denmark, Director...

Irvine Public Schools Foundation surprised Irvine High School's Archana Jain, a math teacher, and her students with a $20,000 Innovation Grant, which will provide the school with an EnvisionTEC Micro EDU 3D printer package. IRVINE – Teachers and students at five schools received grants totaling $100,000...

3D Printing Business Directory | March 20, 2017 ~ A team at Northwestern University developed a comprehensive approach for creating robust, elastic, designer Lunar and Martian regolith simulant (LRS and MRS, respectively) architectures using ambient condition, extrusion-based 3D printing of regolith simulant inks. Northwestern University is also...

Reddit | March 2017 ~ Redditors are chatting up the merits of EnvisionTEC's Mini Perfactory 4 XL, after VinnyTheKnight posted a photo of what he called "my finest print yet!" He wrote, "Please excuse my Camera. This was on an EnvisionTec "Mini Perfactory 4 XL" running...

In an effort to shortcut the cost of making a 3D printer, some low-cost 3D printer manufacturers offer bouncy material trays that don't allow for a consistent exposure layer. Essentially, these printers leave their customers, often first-time users of 3D printing technology, building parts on a...

Through March 10, trade in a select low-cost 3D printer and get up to $3,000 toward the purchase of any EnvisionTEC model. This is a global offer; complete the form above to learn more details for your particular trade-in model and country. At least five competing brand...

We (still) believe in the power of 3D printing ~ This year, EnvisionTEC celebrates 15 years of inventing, manufacturing and selling 3D printers. After all this time, we’re still true believers in the power of 3D printing to change the way virtually everything is made —...

Open House to be held on Feb. 28 to showcase a limited number of reseller opportunities in the 3D printer company’s manufacturing channel Dearborn, Mich. – Feb. 16, 2017 – EnvisionTEC, a leading global manufacturer of 3D printers and materials, announced today that it has partnered...

The Huffington Post | Feb. 9, 2017  ~ The next time you go to the dentist or orthodontist in need of a night guard, braces or a crown, chances are increasingly good that you won’t have to get a gooey impression and wait a few...

TCT Magazine | January 2017 ~ EnvisionTEC's resident jewelry expert Bill Letwin talks to TCT Magazine's European edition about how 3D printing, and high-speed 3D printing in particular, is changing the jewelry market. "You now have the ability to design, print, cast, set and finish a...

EnvisionTEC has been a leading global 3D printer for 15 years. We’ve taken our deep experience with two additive manufacturing technologies — lamination and DLP — to create the world’s first and only 3D printer for laminating thermoplastic-infused prepregs. The implications of our new SLCOM 1 are...

3DPrintingIndustry.com | Jan. 25, 2017 ~   3D printed master molds have been used to create microfluidic LEGO bricks that facilitate the study of liquid flow for medical research, the online blog 3DPrintingIndustry reports. The work is being done by the  University of California, Irvine,...

Lil Wayne, the American hip hop recording artist and author shared a story on Facebook that featured EnvisionTEC's 3D-Bioplotter, which has been used to create "hyperelastic bone." Lil Wayne called it "one of the most innovative inventions." Dental customer expresses excitement for his new EnvisionTEC 3D printer....

3DPrint.com | Jan. 19, 2017 ~ Shipping has begun on the EnvisionTEC Micro Plus cDLM, which was launched at JCK Las Vegas in June, and is a game-changer for the custom made-to-order jewelry market. The Micro Plus cDLM began shipping over the holidays, and, according to...