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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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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.
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R3 Printing Ships American-Made Industrial FFF Printers Without a Dollar of VC Money
Los Angeles startup R3 Printing, bootstrapped through crowdfunding and an Air Force grant rather than venture capital, is shipping a domestically-sourced dual-nozzle FFF printer now and a 150°C heated-chamber PEEK/PEKK/ULTEM machine at the end of August 2026.
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R3 Printing Bets on American-Made Industrial FFF — and a PEEK-Capable Ultra Ships in August
R3 Printing, an LA startup, is shipping domestically built industrial FFF machines — including a PEEK-capable Ultra in August — that hit ultra-high-temp polymers on a standard 120V/20A outlet, with open materials and no VC backing.
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Benchtop SLS Grows Up: Sinterit Pairs the €47,000 BIANCO2 With DyeMansion's Vapor Smoothing
Sinterit will resell DyeMansion's VX1 vapour smoothing system alongside its new €47,000 BIANCO2 SLS printer, putting the industrial finishing chain and a 137-parameter open-profile powder bed machine in the same quote for the first time.
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HeyGears' G1X Hits Kickstarter: Desktop Full-Color 3D Printing Finally Has a Price Tag
HeyGears' G1 Series went live on Kickstarter July 23 with the flagship G1X Full-3D at $3,599 — an Epson i3200, 8-channel, 45 kg machine that also does texture relief and 2D UV on 400+ substrates — but campaign pricing has already drifted $300 above the deposit quote and the specs disagree with each other.
