3D-printing metal in the deposition style carries many names, such as laser-engineered shaping, directed energy deposition, and laser metal deposition. Because these all represent the same concept, ...

If you’re in the market for a personal fabrication machine, you probably already know that your budget might allow for a 3D printer or a CNC machine, but not both, and an additional 3D scanner would ...

Japan's largest trading company will be marketing a hybrid metals 3-D printer in North America later this month. Which 3-D printing companies' turfs is it invading? By Beth McKenna – Jan 4, 2014 at 11 ...

Businesses that embrace convergence have become more widespread in the printing industry, with some commercial printers expanding into new technologies to supplement shrinking segments and shifting ...

The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...

Hybrid manufacturing systems like DMG Mori's Lasertec 65 DED hybrid are starting to pop up here and there with the ability both to add metal via laser deposition 3D printing, and to subtract it via ...

Komo Machine, Inc. is a leading U.S. manufacturer of advanced, precision CNC machining systems engineered for demanding manufacturing applications. Wi...READ MORE ...

3D printing has come a long way since its invention in 1983 by Chuck Hull, who pioneered stereolithography, a technique that solidifies liquid resin into solid objects using ultraviolet lasers.

Laser printing of metals has proven itself as a viable manufacturing process. No longer just for "impossible to machine" or waifish parts where material characteristics were the design feature needed ...