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Reading Time: 2 minutes A lot is happening for BASF 3D Printing Solutions, the subsidiary of the German chemical company developed last August which focuses on 3D printing. For example, it recently presented, at the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference in St Louis, a variety of new 3D printing materials. The subsidiary has been working on creating 3D […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes British filament maker rigid.ink is clearing its back-stock, slashing 25% off the price of some Flexible PLA. Designed to eliminate the frustrations of printing flexible filament by adding the ease of PLA, rigid.ink’s Flexible PLA sounds like a dream. Stiffer on the spool with a shade less elasticity than other flexibles, it boasts low friction […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes 3D printing expert Richard Horne (a.k.a. RichRap) is proposing a new way to receive filament which involves one MasterSpool and minimally packaged refills. Already manufacturers such as Das Filament are onboard with this idea. It’s not news to anyone that consumers are becoming more eco-conscious and demanding environmentally friendly products. As a result, companies are being […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute This method works more subtle than the previous ones. Especially heated beds form a seemingly indestructible bond with the printed material sometimes. So the first step after a print has finished is to let the printer and the heated bed cool down completely. If you’re lucky, the print pops right off afterwards. Otherwise, you can […]