A practical guide to selecting, designing, printing, finishing, and validating casting patterns for investment casting and conventional sand molding.
How AI Is Changing 3D Modeling and Printable-Object Workflows
AI can turn text and images into useful first-pass 3D assets, but printable results still depend on mesh repair, dimensional editing, slicing, and testing.
3D Printing Around Injection Molding: Inserts, Fixtures, and Bridge Tooling
3D-printed fixtures can improve insert loading, inspection, handling, secondary operations, and automation around an injection-molding cell. The key is to distinguish these production aids from printed molds and validate each tool for its real loads, environment, and failure risks.
Open-Source Printer Projects Still Shape Commercial Machines
A practical guide to identifying credible open-source printer projects, choosing a build path, evaluating project files, and commissioning a machine safely.
Flexible Filaments Are Getting Easier to Print: What Changed
TPU has not stopped being demanding, but constrained feed paths, tuned profiles, specialized systems, and better part design have made flexible FDM far more practical.
Certification Is the Difference Between a Printed Part and an Approved Production Part
Industrial additive manufacturing requires more than a capable printer. This guide explains how standards, quality systems, process qualification, testing and release authority combine to turn a printed component into an approved production part.