LLNL is making a metal powder bed fusion machine print like an MSLA resin system. The post LLNL Patent Replaces LPBF Rastering With A Digital Light Mask appeared on Fabbaloo.

There’s now a free 3D model site intended for car parts: PrintYourVehicle. The post PrintYourVehicle Could Eventually Make Real Car Parts Printable appeared on Fabbaloo.

We now have a revealing look at a possible new Creality product called "Hyperfeed". The post FCC Filing Reveals Creality Hyperfeed Resin Management System appeared on Fabbaloo.

MX3D announced the achievement of an important certification. The post MX3D Facility Receives Highest DNV Additive Manufacturing Certification appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi explain how renewed investment in U.S. shipbuilding is laying the foundation for a stronger defense supply chain powered by advanced manufacturing and industrial 3D printing. The post JPMorgan’s US$24 Million Shipbuilding Investment Could Create New Opportunities for Additive Manufacturing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Creality wants to heat the middle of the filament instead of waiting for heat to work its way inward from the walls. The post Creality Patent Puts Internal Fins Inside A High-Speed Hot End appeared on Fabbaloo.

There have been persistent rumours of Bambu Lab introducing a 3D scanner, and now there is some public evidence that the rumours are true. The post Is Bambu Lab Preparing a Standalone Handheld 3D Scanner? appeared on Fabbaloo.

Wondermaker 3D has finally launched their tool-changing multicolor 3D printer on Kickstarter. The post Wondermaker Launches ZR Ultra Tool-Changing 3D Printer on Kickstarter appeared on Fabbaloo.

Material extrusion often has a problem: the 3D printer can appear to be working perfectly while actually building a failed part. The post Monitoring FFF Printing Before Defects Become Permanent appeared on Fabbaloo.

After six articles and several days at McCormick Place, Charles R. Goulding reflects on the people, technologies and ideas that made IMTS 2026 a memorable manufacturing event. The post IMTS 2026 Epilogue: Looking Back at a Show Where Manufacturing Came Together appeared on Fabbaloo.

What if you moved the extruder motor off FFF printhead? The post A Differential Drive Could Make FFF Printheads Lighter appeared on Fabbaloo.

A #3DBenchy has been produced on the RepRap Micron. The post This Tiny 0.650mm #3DBenchy Took 13 Hours to Print appeared on Fabbaloo.

Polymaker has introduced an entirely new material: CoPE. The post Polymaker Introduces CoPE, a Fast-Printing Alternative to PLA and PETG appeared on Fabbaloo.

Some news from Xolo: they want to go into outer space! The post Xolo Shrinks Its Volumetric 3D Printer for a Possible Trip to Orbit appeared on Fabbaloo.

This week’s selection is the Black Hole Lamp by Printables contributor NAM_3. The post Design of the Week: Black Hole Lamp appeared on Fabbaloo.

What if a dual-hotend 3D printer could switch nozzles without carrying around another motor? The post Bambu Lab Patent Uses Printer Housing To Switch Hot Ends appeared on Fabbaloo.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week. The post Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, September 27, 2026 appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding takes readers inside IMTS 2026’s booming additive manufacturing section, where Nikon SLM, Renishaw and Farsoon demonstrate how 3D printing is moving from prototypes to sophisticated end-use production. The post IMTS 2026 Chicago Day Two: Where 3D Printing Meets Real-World Production appeared on Fabbaloo.

After the announcement of the Bambu Lab / Stratasys patent infringement case, there are some implications. The post The Stratasys–Bambu Lab Patent Verdict Could Reshape Desktop 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

A new UK-based startup is to launch a hybrid machine that includes not only resin and FFF 3D printing, but also post-processing, CNC milling, and more. The post XYZO Combines Resin and FFF 3D Printing, CNC and More, But is that a Good Idea?  appeared on Fabbaloo.

A single colored line may be too little color. The post Anycubic Patent Thickens Color Contours Before Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Creality launched orders for their new Sparkx i8 3D printer. The post Can Creality’s US$309 Sparkx i8 Solve the Purge Poop Problem? appeared on Fabbaloo.

A metal 3D printer patent from Divergent Technologies proposes using changing magnetic fields to stir the melt pool and break up structures that can become pores or cracks. The post Divergent Patent Uses Magnetic Fields To Stir Metal 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Two veteran American 3D printer manufacturers seem to be finding remarkably similar ways to stay in business. The post How MakerGear and LulzBot Are Adapting to Survive in Heavy Competition appeared on Fabbaloo.

A very interesting new 3D printing company has emerged from MIT, but there may be more going on here than first appears. The post Has Atlas Cracked The Dirty Plastic Problem? appeared on Fabbaloo.

What if the heated bed were designed around its heater, instead of simply having a heater stuck underneath it? The post Bambu Lab Patent Puts The Heater Inside The 3D Printer Bed appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding takes readers inside HERMLE’s exciting IMTS 2026 showcase, highlighting the company’s latest machining and additive manufacturing technologies and discovering why there’s plenty to look forward to from HERMLE. The post HERMLE Goes Big at IMTS 2026 in Chicago appeared on Fabbaloo.

Could an old recipe for making classroom models turn into a material for 3D printed construction? The post Could Paper, Sawdust and Gypsum Become a 3DCP Material? appeared on Fabbaloo.

A purge tower usually looks like a boring chunk of plastic beside the part. Stratasys is proposing something a lot more organized. The post Stratasys Patent Rethinks The Multi-Material Purge Tower appeared on Fabbaloo.

Someone stole a batch of 3D printers in Calgary, Canada. The post When Stolen 3D Printers Become Worth Stealing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Prusa has introduced a lightweight filament, but the strange part is that it’s still PLA. The post Prusa Makes Lightweight Printing Easier by Keeping it PLA appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding explains what happens when a global automaker turns 3D printing from a prototyping tool into a standardized manufacturing capability, like Stratasys and GM are demonstrating. The post Stratasys and GM Show What It Takes to Scale Additive Manufacturing Across the Factory Floor appeared on Fabbaloo.

A carbon dot filled PLA filament has shown a potentially useful combination of better mechanical behavior and steadier dielectric performance in FFF printed test parts. The post Carbon Dots Could Make PLA Conductive appeared on Fabbaloo.

Snapmaker announced an intriguing new hot end for their U1 series: the Liber. The post Snapmaker and Phaetus Launch Liber High-Flow Hot End for the U1 3D Printer appeared on Fabbaloo.

Bambu Lab has patented an unusual extrusion arrangement that seems particularly good for printing soft materials like TPU in FFF systems. The post Bambu Lab Patent Combines Bowden and Direct Drive Extrusion appeared on Fabbaloo.

Flashforge finally shipped the elusive CJ270 full-colour 3D printer. The post Flashforge Finally Ships the CJ270 With Millions of Colors appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding describes how Josh Dean’s new book chronicles the remarkable career of Lockheed engineer Kelly Johnson and the Skunk Works culture that transformed aerospace. Its lessons about rapid development, manufacturing and innovation remain remarkably relevant to 3D printing today. The post Kelly Johnson’s Impossible Factory: What Skunk Works Can Teach 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

A UV cured skin may let lunar construction printers deposit unsupported structures before their flowable material collapses. The post UV Skins Could Enable Support Free Lunar Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe explore how RIMPAC 2026 is transforming 3D printing from an onboard repair tool into a fleet-wide logistics network powered by digital manufacturing and autonomous delivery. The post RIMPAC 2026 Brings 3D Printing into Fleet Logistics appeared on Fabbaloo.

Stratasys has scored a significant patent victory against Bambu Lab in the US. The post Stratasys Wins $27.6M Verdict Against Bambu Lab, But It’s Not Over Yet appeared on Fabbaloo.

Snapmaker announced today that their new ecosystem, Snapmaker Space, is entering open beta state. The post Snapmaker Launches 3D Model Ecosystem in Open Beta appeared on Fabbaloo.

I ran into a fascinating open-source project that attempts to automate some of the work to perform 3D print jobs. The post AI Agent 3D Printing Project Shows Automated Printer Control appeared on Fabbaloo.

This week’s selection is the Delta Dart by Eclipson. The post Design of the Week: Delta Dart appeared on Fabbaloo.

What if an LPBF system could predict what its melt pool was about to do in less than 50 milliseconds? The post PINN Model Predicts Laser Melt Pools In Milliseconds appeared on Fabbaloo.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week. The post Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, September 20, 2026 appeared on Fabbaloo.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take readers inside IMTS 2026 to explore how companies ranging from FANUC and Boston Dynamics to Standard Bots, KUKA and Yaskawa are helping transform robots from factory-floor tools into increasingly versatile manufacturing platforms. The post Robots Take Center Stage at IMTS 2026 – and 3D Printing Is Along for the Ride appeared on Fabbaloo.

Shining 3D has been thinking about a new way of getting each cured layer to let go in resin 3D printing. The post Shining 3D’s Patent Takes On The Resin Peel Problem appeared on Fabbaloo.

Elegoo has launched something that isn't a 3D printer. The post Elegoo Wants to Solve the Hard Part of 3D Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

A printer head that dispenses three different fluids through the same tiny nozzle could bring atomic layer processing closer to a genuinely three-dimensional workflow. The post Atlant 3D Patent Proposes Atomic Scale Multi Fluid Printing appeared on Fabbaloo.

Prusa Research has released the first public preview of PrusaSlicer 3.0, and this one goes a lot deeper than just moving buttons around. The post PrusaSlicer 3.0 Rebuilds Its Foundations for Multi-Tool Printing and Plugins appeared on Fabbaloo.