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Business
BigRep SE Delists From Frankfurt, Liquidates Parent as BigRep GmbH Sells to New Owners
BigRep SE's boards sold operating unit BigRep GmbH to three buyers, then delisted the SPAC-listed parent from Frankfurt and began voluntary liquidation, citing financing pressure and weak US traction.
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Materials
EPFL's 3D-Printed 'Granular' Elastomer Is 15x Tougher, 3x More Fatigue-Resistant
EPFL's Soft Materials Laboratory has printed a double-network granular elastomer on ordinary extrusion hardware that is up to 15x tougher and 3x more fatigue-resistant than conventional printed rubbers.
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Software
MarineLab3D Ditches Fixed STL Files, Sells Parametric 3D-Printable Boat Parts Generated On Demand
Italian marketplace MarineLab3D swaps static STL boat-part libraries for JSCAD-based parametric models that users dial to their own dimensions, with a watertight check before download and revenue share for outside designers.
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Printers
Sovol Launches M1D: The First IDEX 3D Printer With a Built-In Tool Changer, From $1,199
Sovol's M1D fuses independent dual extrusion with a six-toolhead changer for up to seven purge-free colors, launching on Kickstarter from $1,199.
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Software
CRP Group Launches UniqTrust to Give 3D-Printed Parts a Digital Identity
CRP Group's new CRP UniqTrust system links physical Windform parts to a protected digital record via non-clonable NFC packaging, letting buyers verify authenticity ahead of the EU's Digital Product Passport mandate.
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Printers
FARO CREAFORM Expands HandySCAN 3D Line with New MAX EVO and EVO Series Scanners
FARO CREAFORM has added four new HandySCAN 3D scanners — MAX EVO, MAX EVO Elite, EVO, and EVO Plus — pushing wireless metrology-grade 3D scanning from tabletop parts to 15-meter assemblies with accuracy as tight as 0.075mm + 0.010mm/m.
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Materials
Liqcreate Launches Bio-Med Flex, a Sterilizable Flexible Resin for Medical 3D Printing
Liqcreate's new Bio-Med Flex resin passes ISO 10993 biocompatibility testing and survives repeated steam sterilization, opening flexible anatomical models and wearable medical fixtures to open-source DLP/LCD/SLA printers.
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Software
Manual Supports in Bambu Studio: The Complete How-To
Bambu Studio's auto supports are good — but painting enforcers and blockers, manual-only support modes, and per-object overrides are better. A complete walkthrough of the painting tools, blocker objects, tree vs normal styles, and the Z-distance and interface settings that decide whether supports pop off cleanly.
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Guides
Flow Calibration Explained: Getting Your Extrusion Multiplier Right
Why flow rate governs dimensional accuracy, layer bonding, and surface finish, how Orca Slicer's wizard differs from Bambu Studio's own calibration flow, and how to organize per-filament flow profiles across a library and multiple printers.
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Software
Klipper vs Marlin: 3D Printer Firmware Explained
Marlin runs entirely on your printer's own board; Klipper splits the job with a host computer. Both now do input shaping and pressure control. Here is how the two actually compare — and who ships which one stock.
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Printers
Prusa MK4S vs AnkerMake M5C: Which Printer Fits You in 2026?
The MK4S and M5C both promise 500 mm/s, but they sit in different price classes and different realities: one is Prusa's flagship workhorse, the other a $399 speed bargain whose maker has left the FDM market. Here is how the two compare on specs, ecosystem, and long-term ownership.
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Business
What a 3D Print Actually Costs: Calculating Cost Per Part
Filament price is only part of the bill. A step-by-step breakdown of material, electricity, machine depreciation, failure rate, and labor costs, with a full worked example calculating the true cost of one printed part.
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