Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp (Northwich, U.K.) has delivered a four-axis filament winding machine to the National Composites Centre (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) where it will form part of a ...

Here’s a great low cost filament extruder solution. It uses basic parts available from any hardware store, and a few 3D printed ones — estimated cost is well under $100. It’s very similar to the Lyman ...

One of the world’s largest filament winding systems will soon begin manufacturing components for the Ariane 6 space launch vehicle, which is expected to transport satellites into Earth orbit for the ...

The newest winder and oven join SDC’s equipment already in-house for production of filament wound components including a second McClean Anderson filament winder (30″ diameter by 12′ long), a ...

Composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp has delivered a four-axis filament winding machine to the National Composites Centre where it will form part of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and ...

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.

Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To remedy this problem (or take advantage of this situation, depending on your ...

Didyou know that 3D printing generates a lot of plastic waste? This mayseem odd at first, but every enthusiast knows the amount of plasticthat gets wasted before any successful printing is done.