Lightmake L4: Four Fully Independent Toolheads in a Kickstarter Printer
The Lightmake L4 combines four independent toolheads with a linear-motor motion system to reduce multi-material waste and cycle time.
The Lightmake L4 combines four independent toolheads with a linear-motor motion system to reduce multi-material waste and cycle time.
Suzhou-based Nuosibeirui, owner of the KEXCELLED brand, has closed a new funding round while expanding industrial filaments, photopolymer resins and custom material development.
FCC documents reveal a 180×180×180 mm QIDI Smart 5 for PLA/PETG, with a claimed maximum speed of 600 mm/s.
With its new XH-M350G-2HR, Xihe Additive is moving beyond demonstrations: copper cooling components for AI servers and power electronics are entering batch-production applications.
Stratasys’ new F870 combines a 1000 × 610 × 610 mm heated build chamber, Nylon 12CF support and a focus on production tooling, fixtures and factory aids.
Prusa says its new foaming PLA can produce prints up to 65% lighter, targeting RC models, drones and other weight-sensitive parts.
Patient-specific LithaBone TCP implants made with Lithoz LCM technology are now a standard ordering option on KLS Martin’s IPS Gate platform.
Impossible Objects raised $40 million in Series B funding to scale its composite-based CBAM manufacturing technology.
Dutch startup Tesseract Technologies is developing a linear-motor and closed-loop control system, with a commercial launch planned for Q1 2027.
Commodore.net has officially relaunched its legendary home computer as the Commodore 64 Ultimate, rebuilding the classic machine on modern FPGA hardware. We cover it here as a curiosity: it has no direct 3D printing angle, since the case is produced with classic injection molding using the original 1986 tooling, not 3D printing.