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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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Ugee's Funbox Bets That Kids' 3D Printing Needs Less Assembly and More AI
Ugee's new Funbox ships fully assembled with HEPA/carbon filtration and an AI tool that turns a kid's voice, sketch, or photo into a printable model — priced at $269 for launch.
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Six Lasers, 450mm Bed: EOS Brings the M4 Onyx to North America as the Beam-Shaping FLX Nears
EOS brings its six-laser M4 Onyx to North America at IMTS 2026 in September, but the real story is the M4 Onyx FLX due Q3 2026 — four kilowatt-class beam-shaping lasers betting that a smarter, bigger spot beats adding more spots. Plus a live spec discrepancy between EOS and the trade press.
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Bambu Lab and Insta360 Launch $11,160 Luna Ultra Design Challenge on MakerWorld
Insta360 becomes MakerWorld's first official camera brand, releasing free CAD files for its Luna Ultra 8K gimbal camera as Bambu Lab runs a $11,160 mount-design and content contest through August 9.
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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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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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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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Apium P220: The Industrial PEEK Printer, Explained
Apium's P220 prints PEEK, PEKK, and ULTEM with a patent-pending adaptive heating system instead of a conventional heated chamber, claiming 29-32% crystallinity without post-print annealing. Here's how the German machine works, what it costs, and how it stacks up against Intamsys, miniFactory, and Stratasys.
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The 7 Types of 3D Printing: ASTM's Official Process Categories, Explained
ASTM's F42 committee sorts every 3D printing process into seven official categories, from desktop FDM to industrial metal powder bed fusion. How each one works, its materials, tradeoffs, and where hobbyists vs. industry actually use it.
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Dash-CAE Shows Off a Carbon Monocoque Built From CAD to Chassis in Days Using 3D-Printed Tooling
UK composites firm Dash-CAE debuted a carbon monocoque at Goodwood built via 3D-printed LFAM tooling, cutting CAD-to-chassis time to as few as six days.
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Beam Control, Not Just Melting: How JEOL, Freemelt, and Colibrium Are Redefining Electron Beam 3D Printing
A July 10 industry analysis argues EB-PBF's next act is smarter beam control — point-based melting, real-time defect imaging, and tailored grain structure — not just bigger, hotter beams.
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A Tower Crane That Prints Concrete: Luyten Opens Reservations for Its 100-Meter-Tall Building Printer
Luyten has opened reservations through October 25 for the $849,000 ASCEND A27, a tower-crane-based concrete 3D printer that can build structures up to 100 meters tall.
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Kentstrapper's Mille Puts a One-Cubic-Meter Industrial FFF Printer on the Market for €40,000
Florence's Kentstrapper launched Mille, a €40,000 industrial FFF printer with a full 1000mm cubic build volume, dual failover extruders, and Cloudflare Zero Trust remote monitoring aimed at automotive, marine, and defense shops.
