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Guides
3D Printer Nozzle Size Guide: 0.25mm vs 0.4mm vs 0.6mm vs 0.8mm-1.0mm
Prusa and E3D manufacturer data on how nozzle diameter caps layer height and flow rate, with per-size guidance for detail work, general printing, and speed.
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Guides
3D Printing Temperature Guide: Nozzle and Bed Temps by Filament Type
A reference guide to nozzle and bed temperatures for PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU, and nylon, drawn from manufacturer technical data sheets and enclosure/adhesion guidance.
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Industry
Australia's AMCRC Opens AU$3.25M STARTER Fund to Get SMEs Into 3D Printing
AMCRC's new STARTER program offers Australian SMEs AU$20,000-75,000 in matched co-funding to trial additive manufacturing, with a July 15 info session kicking off rolling applications.
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Printers
Bondtech Opens Orders for INDX Development Kit, Bringing Tool-Changing to DIY Printers
Bondtech's INDX Development Kit, on sale since Friday, brings its wireless-induction tool-changing head to Klipper, Kalico, and RepRapFirmware machines instead of just Prusa's CORE One.
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Software
Prusa Ships Firmware 6.6.1 for CORE One INDX, Fixing Spontaneous Tool-Head Resets
Prusa's stable 6.6.1 firmware for CORE One/+ INDX toolchangers fixes random tool-head resets and tool-assignment mix-ups after crashes, and adds a bed-lowering safety net for lost tools.
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Guides
Flashforge Creator 5 Pro Owners Find Purge Waste Gets Sucked Into the Chamber Heater
A maker testing Flashforge's new Creator 5 Pro toolchanger found that purged filament strands fall past the chamber heater's intake and into its fan — and Flashforge pushed a firmware fix within 48 hours.
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Materials
SUNLU's New AMS Lite Heater Adds Active Drying to Bambu Lab's Budget AMS — While You Print
SUNLU's $129.99 AMS Lite Heater bolts active, in-print filament drying (up to 70°C) and humidity monitoring onto Bambu Lab's AMS Lite, launching July 20, 2026.
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Business
Amaero's 3D-Printed Submarine Piping Wins a Seventh Navy Supply Chain Contract
Amaero has landed its seventh Bechtel Plant Machinery contract in two years to 3D print submarine piping via PM-HIP, a signal that additive manufacturing is becoming routine in naval shipbuilding's most bottlenecked supply chains.
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Materials
US Manufacturers Get Direct Access to Constellium's Aerospace-Grade Aluminum Powder
Liberty Additive is now the first U.S. stocking distributor of Constellium's Aheadd CP1 aluminum powder, putting a Formula 1-qualified alloy on domestic shelves starting July 1, 2026.
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Printers
Prusa's INDX Multi-Material System Starts Shipping: 30x Less Waste Than Rivals
Bondtech has begun shipping Prusa's INDX Founder's Edition toolchanger upgrade, which Prusa says cuts multi-color purge waste roughly 30x versus rival systems while supporting eight tools and a CMYKW+RGB workflow.
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Software
Snapmaker's U1 Firmware Adds Top Cover Support and Smarter Auto-Refill
Snapmaker's V1.5.0/V1.5.1 firmware brings official Top Cover support, mixed-color auto-refill, AI spaghetti-detection uploads, and a first-layer bug fix to the U1 Toolchanger.
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Industry
Startup 3D Prints a Silicon Carbide Nuclear Reactor Core Aimed at AI Data Centers
Florida startup AMPERA unveiled a basketball-sized, fully 3D-printed silicon carbide thorium reactor core with a gyroid lattice, betting additive manufacturing can solve nuclear power's AI-era supply crunch.
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