The majority of the 300 million tons of plastic produced every year isn’t recycled, and recycling that does happen typically happens at an industrial scale in factories using equipment that can cost ...

Machined tooling contributes to the majority of production costs for many small-run jobs. 3D printing can reduce the cost of plastic cores, molds, and tooling, but there are several considerations to ...

If you're in the market for a 3D printer, you'll find one here that fits your needs. The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that the US generated 35.7 million tons (roughly the weight of 17.8 ...

3D printing is all well and good if you want one of something, but if you want lots of plastic parts that are all largely identical, you should consider injection molding. You can pay someone to do ...

The discovery could reduce food waste, fight plastic pollution and even create a new revenue stream for Wisconsin’s dairy ...

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY (Dec 5, 9:15 a.m. EST) — A new laser-marking process is attempting to do what has been difficult in the past: Use a laser to print in color on a plastic part. Until now, using ...

UMass Lowell's proprietary rubber 3D printing machine is "one of one" in the world, according to Ph.D. candidate Haley Dobbyn ...

The DoD wants to turn battlefield garbage into useful parts for soldiers. Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory have taken recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from bottles and plastics ...

When you think about 3-D printing, chances are you think of little plastic doodads created by desktop devices like those made by MakerBot. Computing and printer giant HP wants you to think about metal ...

3D printing socks isn’t really a thing yet. You’d end up with scratchy plastic garments that irritate your feet no end. You can easily 3D print all kinds of nifty little mechanisms, though, so why not ...