News

News / article

New printers

← Back to news Back to homepage

$Freemelt Receives Refractory Metal Prototype Study Order$

2026. 10. 20.

Freemelt Receives Refractory Metal Prototype Study Order

1 min read

Freemelt received a feasibility-study prototype order related to additive manufacturing of refractory metals.

What is new?

Freemelt will conduct a feasibility study for a defense company operating in Sweden, exploring additively manufactured components made from refractory metals. The announcement concerns prototype research rather than confirmed serial production.

3DPS perspective

Real-world suitability should be evaluated against production, cost and reliability data as these become available.

Source: Original report and cover-image reference.

2026. 10. 06.

Mosaic Orion: Belt 3D Printing for Automated Custom Orthotics

Mosaic’s new Orion system continuously manufactures custom foot orthotics, running different patient jobs one after another without conventional manual batching.

2026. 10. 05.

Lightmake L4: Four Fully Independent Toolheads in a Kickstarter Printer

The Lightmake L4 combines four independent toolheads with a linear-motor motion system to reduce multi-material waste and cycle time.

2026. 10. 04.

QIDI Smart 5: a compact CoreXY revealed by FCC filings

FCC documents reveal a 180×180×180 mm QIDI Smart 5 for PLA/PETG, with a claimed maximum speed of 600 mm/s.

2026. 10. 03.

Stratasys F870: One-Meter Industrial FDM Already in Toyota and Rivian Workflows

Stratasys’ new F870 combines a 1000 × 610 × 610 mm heated build chamber, Nylon 12CF support and a focus on production tooling, fixtures and factory aids.

Earlier news

80 earlier article(s)

Bambu Lab P3C: a new model appears in FCC records

2026. 09. 22.

New printers

Bambu Lab P3C: a new model appears in FCC records

FCC records identify a Bambu Lab device with model number PF006P, while the label shown in the filing carries the P3C name.

Read

Custom firmware for the Anycubic Kobra 3 toolhead: keeping the original RS-232 link

2026. 09. 19.

Technology

Custom firmware for the Anycubic Kobra 3 toolhead: keeping the original RS-232 link

We are developing custom firmware and a communication protocol for the original GD32F303 toolhead. Our first milestone is a safe, bidirectional UART link with a Raspberry Pi 4.

Read

Lead-Filled Ender 3: Building the World's Fastest Ender 3

2026. 09. 17.

Technology

Lead-Filled Ender 3: Building the World's Fastest Ender 3

In Part 2 of the project, the Ender 3 keeps the same external dimensions and build volume. Its hollow aluminum frame extrusions are filled with about 4.5 kg (10 lb) of lead and reinforced to improve stability for extreme-speed printing.

Read

The Best 3D Printers of 2026: What Tom’s Hardware’s Updated Guide Says About the Market

2026. 09. 16.

New printers

The Best 3D Printers of 2026: What Tom’s Hardware’s Updated Guide Says About the Market

Tom’s Hardware updated its 2026 3D printer recommendations on September 8. The guide offers a useful snapshot of how fragmented the desktop market has become across budget, multicolor, resin and professional categories.

Read

Maker Day and Print-Farm Focus in Shenzhen Show Desktop 3D Printing Moving into Production

2026. 09. 16.

Industrial applications

Maker Day and Print-Farm Focus in Shenzhen Show Desktop 3D Printing Moving into Production

Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026 added a dedicated Maker Day and expanded print-farm programming, connecting the maker community with small-scale production and commercial workflows.

Read

ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division

2026. 09. 15.

Software / AI

ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division

ASTM International has relaunched its former Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Additive manufacturing remains a flagship area, now joined by AI, robotics, drones and semiconductors.

Read

Quantum Cyber Completes an 80-Printer “Drone Farm” in Connecticut

2026. 09. 15.

New printers

Quantum Cyber Completes an 80-Printer “Drone Farm” in Connecticut

Quantum Cyber has completed installation of an 80-machine 3D printing farm in Connecticut, targeting drone components and related production work.

Read

AMPLANK: Dutch Researchers Develop a Patient-Specific 3D Printed Ankle Implant

2026. 09. 15.

New materials

AMPLANK: Dutch Researchers Develop a Patient-Specific 3D Printed Ankle Implant

A joint University of Twente and Radboudumc project is developing a patient-specific implant intended to offer a less invasive treatment for ankle cartilage damage.

Read

3D Printed Electronic Skin Could Give Prosthetics Pressure and Temperature Sensing

2026. 09. 14.

Life sciences

3D Printed Electronic Skin Could Give Prosthetics Pressure and Temperature Sensing

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a customizable electronic skin combining 3D scanning, SLA printing, pressure and temperature sensing, and neural-network calibration.

Read

GKN Aerospace Demonstrates a UAV Powered by a 3D Printed Engine

2026. 09. 14.

Technology

GKN Aerospace Demonstrates a UAV Powered by a 3D Printed Engine

GKN Aerospace has demonstrated a UAV platform using an additively manufactured engine. The project shows how 3D printing in aerospace is moving beyond brackets and ducts toward core propulsion hardware.

Read