Filament: What Is It?

Filament: What Is It?

Mar 30, 20215 min read

“Filament” is a commonplace word in the 3D printing community. But, if you’ve never heard the word, what would you think it is? Filament could be described as any material in a wire-like form. If you reference a dictionary, it…

Aerospace and Additive: Working Together to Reach New Heights

Aerospace and Additive: Working Together to Reach New Heights

Mar 30, 20214 min read

Recently, 3DPS spent a day with a global audience assembled for the #ADDITIV 2021 Aerospace Event. The panels were valuable to listen to and the audience was engaged. Aerospace continues to dominate the conversation for applications of additive manufacturing parts…

5 Upgrades for Your Ender 3

5 Upgrades for Your Ender 3

Mar 30, 20215 min read

Tempered Glass One of the best and easiest upgrades you can perform to an Ender 3 printer is a tempered glass bed. Creality offers a bed that is perforated and composed of carbon silica. This bed offers a few advantages…

Colorado Aerospace Day at the Capitol 2021

Colorado Aerospace Day at the Capitol 2021

Mar 11, 20212 min read

Colorado takes time every year during the legislative session to recognize this important industry in Colorado. As noted in the proclamation from Governor Polis recognizing Aerospace Day: “…Colorado ranks first in the nation for private aerospace employment concentration, with job…

FDM Metal Printing: Democratizing Metal Additive Manufacturing

FDM Metal Printing: Democratizing Metal Additive Manufacturing

Mar 11, 20217 min read

3D printing is able to accomplish incredible designs that would be extremely difficult or impossible to machine. There are many benefits to this including: increased strength, weight reduction, assembly costs reduction, waste reduction, and more. Naturally, people want to see…

3D Printed Instruments: Music to My Ears

3D Printed Instruments: Music to My Ears

Apr 28, 20215 min read

With live music essentially vanishing from the world this past year, I am inspired to start making my own music again– neighbors be damned. I recently started looking into electronic…

Art and 3D Printing: A Masterful Hand

Art and 3D Printing: A Masterful Hand

Apr 25, 20214 min read

As our world and technology become more and more entwined, technology is able to accomplish increasingly more tasks for us. By becoming more efficient, we have gained more time to…

The Spring Grove Area High School Rocketry Team Takes Flight with 3DPS!

The Spring Grove Area High School Rocketry Team Takes Flight with 3DPS!

Apr 14, 20214 min read

The Spring Grove Area High School (SGAHS) NASA student launch team had the goal this year to design, build, and fly a high-powered rocket carrying a scientific payload. As they…

Filament: What Is It?

Filament: What Is It?

Mar 30, 20215 min read

“Filament” is a commonplace word in the 3D printing community. But, if you’ve never heard the word, what would you think it is? Filament could be described as any material…

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