Ampacet's AI system automatically corrects color variations in real time, improving quality and reducing waste in operations.

Entrepreneurs in Denmark have taken another step towards improving the general usability of 3D printers with the Diamond Hotend, a single 3D extruder unit that can mix and melt three filaments ...

The Prusa i3 Mk 2 is the hotness in consumer-grade, quality 3D printing right now. And things just keep getting more interesting. We caught up with Josef Průša at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend to ...

Good 3D printers now have multiple hot ends. You ought to be able to print in different colors or print support material. However, a lot of us don’t have multiple hot ends. Turns out, you don’t have ...

Tyler, Texas-based Britec Solutions Inc. introduced a new liquid carrier system for injection molding, blow molding and extrusion applications. The technology, called the Qd2- Liquid Carrier System, ...

Last week, we took a first look at the dual-filament Ultimaker 3 printer. This week, we dive into one of the key features that provides the printer with its power and flexibility: its extruders.

In the production of solid to viscous masses such as gelatin, syrup and plastic, the mass is continuously compressed under pressure in extruders and extruded as a strand. During this process, the ...

OptiColor, a specialty color compounder based in Huntington Beach, Calif., installed a second single-screw extruder earlier this year, doubling its annual capacity to 2 million pounds. OptiColor ...

insights from industryDr. Annika VölpApplication SpecialistThermo Fisher Scientific In this interview, AZoM talks to Annika Völp, process application specialist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, about twin ...