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Software
PrusaSlicer 3.0 Preview: The Biggest Overhaul in the Slicer's History
Prusa Research dropped a ground-up alpha rewrite of PrusaSlicer on Sept 1 — new UI, unlimited multi-printer beds, YAML profiles, and a sandboxed Lua plugin system — but it's Prusa-only and not production-ready yet.
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Industry
80 Printers, One Drone Farm: Quantum Cyber Stands Up a Connecticut Production Line
Quantum Cyber has installed 80 3D printers in a 50,000-sq-ft Bridgeport, CT facility to mass-produce structural drone parts in PETG and a patent-pending EMP-hardened composite filament.
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Materials
SprintRay's Midas Restore Packs 75% Ceramic-Zirconia Filler Into a Chairside 3D-Printable Crown Material
SprintRay's FDA-cleared Midas Restore resin loads over 75% ceramic and zirconia filler by weight, promising 5x the wear resistance of its prior crown material for same-visit dental 3D printing.
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Business
3D Systems and Savannah River National Lab Team Up on Nuclear-Grade Additive Manufacturing
3D Systems has signed a CRADA with DOE's Savannah River National Laboratory to develop radiation-tolerant printing materials, AI-driven process controls, and manufacturing systems for reactors and small modular reactors.
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Printers
LightMake's L4 Swaps Belts for Linear Motors in a Four-Head Multicolor Printer
Shenzhen startup LightMake, founded by an ex-Anker/Huawei exec, has launched a Kickstarter for the L4, a beltless desktop FFF printer that drives four independent print heads on linear motors instead of belts.
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Software
Phase3D Signs Phillips Federal as Its Defense-Market Inspection Channel Partner
Phase3D named Phillips Federal its exclusive North American defense channel partner, aiming to get real-time in-situ inspection software into Navy depots, bases and labs like Danville's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence.
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Materials
SUNLU and INSLOGIC's FilaDC i10 Ditches Heat for Filament Drying
SUNLU and INSLOGIC's new FilaDC i10 cabinet dries and stores up to 10 spools using room-temperature molecular-sieve desiccant instead of heat, with $1 early-access reservations open now ahead of a September 15 pre-order launch.
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Industry
UMaine's 3Dirigo X: A 40-Knot, 30-Foot 3D-Printed Boat Signals a Manufacturing Leap
UMaine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center launched the 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot printed vessel nearing 40 knots offshore, after boosting its print rate 25x en route to a 1,000 lbs/hour "Factory of the Future."
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Materials
A Resin That Regrows Cartilage: DEGRAD INX Passes Its First Live-Animal Test
TU Wien researchers printed sub-micrometer microscaffolds from BIO INX's biodegradable DEGRAD INX resin and used them to regrow near-normal cartilage in rabbit knees — the first time this lab-dish technique has worked in a living animal.
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Printers
A Saddle That Bends: Ergon Equine 3D Prints SLS Ball Joints for Its BioTree Design
British saddle maker Ergon Equine and igus UK 3D print six SLS ball-joint housings from tribo-polymer iglidur i230 to let the BioTree saddle tree flex across three axes instead of staying rigid like a traditional wood-and-metal tree.
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Guides
Two Lasers, One X-Axis: A Maker's Chemical-Free Route to Glassy FDM Surfaces
Building on his laser layer-adhesion work, YouTuber 'I Changed a Thing' bolted two diode lasers to an FDM printer's X-axis to remelt top surfaces near vapor-smoothed quality with no chemicals, though wall smoothing remains a much harder problem.
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Business
Materialise Posts Q2 2026 Growth as Aerospace Revenue Jumps 40%
Materialise's Q2 2026 revenue rose 8.1% to €70.1 million as a 40% aerospace surge pulled its Manufacturing segment back to growth, prompting a raised full-year profit outlook despite Software segment softness.
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