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New printer launches, hands-on reviews, and hardware comparisons — from a first machine to a wall of them.
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Vertico's Biggest Robot-on-Track Rig Yet Lands at a Portuguese Concrete Research Institute
Dutch construction-printing firm Vertico installed its largest 3D concrete printing rig yet — a 10-meter Robot on Track system — at Portugal's ITeCons, which marked the occasion by printing a record 3-meter concrete column.
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Bambu Lab 3D Printers Bring a 166-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Back to Life
Fourteen Bambu Lab desktop printers spent seven weeks in glass-fiber ABS to build five 9-meter Megalosaurus sculptures for Blenheim Palace's 'Dinosaurs Are Forever' exhibition, running through November 1, 2026.
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ATLANT 3D's NANOFABRICATOR PRO Prints Materials One Atomic Layer at a Time
Denmark's ATLANT 3D has launched NANOFABRICATOR PRO, a US-built atomic-layer 3D printer it calls the first physical platform to pair AI-driven materials discovery with atom-by-atom fabrication.
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Bambu Lab Teases the R1, Its First Standalone Laser Cutter and Engraver
Bambu Lab has begun teasing the R1, a standalone laser cutter/engraver separate from the H2D's module, with a "Coming September" tagline and no specs yet — a potential shot across xTool's bow.
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NUWC Keyport Becomes First Navy Warfare Center Approved to 3D Print Metal Parts for the Fleet
NUWC Division Keyport is now the first Navy Warfare Center with NAVSEA qualification for metal powder bed fusion, clearing an EOS M290 to print 17-4PH stainless steel tactical and shipboard parts after a seven-year effort.
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Prusa's INDX Conversion Kits Slip to Mid-August as Bondtech's 'Nozzlegate' Deepens
Prusa delays INDX conversion kits for the CORE One/+ to mid-August after Bondtech admitted its 'hardened' nozzles are nitrocarburized ordinary steel (~30-32 HRC vs the promised 55-60) that 100 g of abrasive filament wears through — Prusa offers refunds and free hardware while Bondtech quietly renamed the product and has no compensation plan.
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QIDI Plus5: The Plus4 Successor Grows the Build Volume 18% Without Raising the Price Floor
QIDI's new enclosed CoreXY Plus5 bumps build volume to 320x320x300mm, adds 65C active chamber heating and a 370C hotend, and still starts at $749 — the same floor as its Plus4 predecessor.
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Kentstrapper Launches Mille: A €40,000 Cubic-Meter FDM Printer Built for Monolithic Parts
Italian manufacturer Kentstrapper's new Mille packs a full one-cubic-meter build volume, a 60°C chamber, and a 30-second hot-end swap into a €40,000 machine aimed at automotive, marine, aerospace, and defense shops that need single-piece parts too big to print in sections.
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HP Marks 10 Years in 3D Printing With the Compact MJF 1200 and a Business Growing 25% a Year
HP's additive manufacturing leaders mark a decade of Multi Jet Fusion with 25%-a-year growth and the sub-$60,000, 12-liter MJF 1200, aimed at bringing production-grade powder-bed fusion into smaller shops.
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Xaar's Nitrox Printheads Power ZCZH's Industrial Wax-Jetting System for Investment Casting
UK printhead maker Xaar's Nitrox heads are going into a new Chinese wax-jetting 3D printer built by ZCZH, aiming to turn investment-casting pattern production from a days-long process into an hours-long one.
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DAIHEN Enters Metal 3D Printing with ArcBuilder 3D WAAM System
DAIHEN, the 1919-founded Japanese welding-equipment giant, has launched its first additive manufacturing machine — a $450K-$500K wire-arc metal printer that claims to cut spatter over 98% using a proprietary synchronized wire-feed process.
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ELEGOO Enters the Filament Dryer Market With the $70 H1 HT, an 85°C Active Dryer
ELEGOO's first filament dryer, the $70 H1 HT, heats to 85°C with automatic spool rotation, dual active-dehumidification vents, and a separate bypass outlet for TPU and fiber-filled filaments.
