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Materials
Waterloo Researchers 3D Print a PLA Filter That Pulls 90% of Microplastics From Water
University of Waterloo researchers turned stacked FDM-printed PLA discs into a microplastics trap by etching pores into them and adding a sticky acrylic coat, reaching 90% removal at 20 layers. It is still a proof of concept, and it works less well on the smallest particles.
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Materials
Why Water Content Decides How Printable Cement Flows: Multiscale Study Explains Shear Thinning
A Journal of Applied Physics study feeds atomistic simulations of cement and water into a particle model, showing that more water lowers paste viscosity and proposing a microscopic cause for the shear thinning that makes construction printing work.
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Guides
In-Situ Monitoring vs. Post-Process Inspection in Metal AM: What Each Catches and Why You Need Both
In-situ monitoring is the early-warning system for metal AM; post-process inspection is what formally certifies the part. Here is what each method catches, where each falls short, and what a retrofit monitoring kit looks like.
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Printers
A 1-Meter-Cube FDM Printer Just Made a Class A Acoustic Panel, Slowly
Kentstrapper's Mille printed a perforated PETG acoustic panel for the University of Florence's REVERSING retrofit project that reached a weighted absorption of 0.90 (Class A, ISO 11654), though the researchers say the print is too slow for mass production.
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Materials
6K Additive and ADDMAN Lock In a 30-Month Nickel 718 Powder Deal That Buys Back Used Powder
6K Additive and ADDMAN Engineering announced a 30-month Nickel 718 supply agreement worth US$8.1M to US$10.8M, with stocking support and a buy-back of ADDMAN's used powder, reprocessed through 6K's UniMelt microwave plasma system.
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Software
GeoDict Quantify Puts AI Micro-CT Analysis Into a Fixed, Entry-Level Package, and Reproducibility Is the Point
Math2Market's GeoDict Quantify bundles ten image-analysis modules, AI segmentation and scriptable "recipes" for micro-CT and FIB-SEM data. It ships only through OEM partners, has no public price, and its maker says it was not built exclusively for AM.
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Business
Meshy Passes $100M ARR and Ships a Phone App That Sends Photos Straight to the Printer
Meshy says annual recurring revenue topped US$100M, up 100x from US$1M in under two years, and launched iOS and Android apps that turn photos into printable models with printability checks and STL/3MF export.
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Industry
MX3D Becomes the First Facility Certified at DNV's Highest Level for Wire-Arc Metal Printing
Amsterdam's MX3D has received a DNV Certificate of Qualification at AMC3, the classification society's top additive manufacturing tier, which DNV says makes it the first company worldwide certified at that level for wire-arc (DED-Arc/WAAM) printing.
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Business
Carbon's Dual-Cure Patent Survives EPO Appeal After a Three-and-a-Half-Year Fight
An EPO Board of Appeal maintained Carbon's European Patent 3158400 in amended form, upholding claim 1 and restoring dependent claims, ending a proceeding that began with an opposition filed in February 2023.
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Industry
BMF Takes Its Desktop microArch S150 Micro-Precision Printer to Formnext Europe
Boston Micro Fabrication will show the 25-micron microArch S150 to a European audience for the first time at Formnext Frankfurt in November, ten years after its founding and a few months after a change at the top.
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Software
OwlCAD Beta Brings Free Parametric CAD to the Browser, With an AI That Returns Editable Geometry
Spare Matter Corp's OwlCAD beta is a free, browser-only parametric CAD tool with all exports and print-sale rights included; the $12/month Pro tier adds AI that returns an editable node tree instead of a mesh.
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Printers
Prusa's $199.99 HT Hotend Turns the CORE One Into a 400 C Machine
Prusa Research is selling a tool-free 400 C HT Hotend upgrade for the CORE One and CORE One L families, plus a CORE One L+ that ships with the hotend and filtration already fitted.
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