Printing ink is made using four components: resins, solvents, pigments and additives. Resin binds the ink together into a film that sticks on the printed surface. Solvents ensure consistent ink flow.

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. Printing has always been a manufacturing process that dates back to the invention of the first printing ...

A little thunderstorm didn't put a damper on the celebratory opening of a new facility in New Castle, Delaware, today. The area, only a few miles from Wilmington, Delaware, is the site of the new ...

The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...

Power plants are complex systems with countless moving parts, and in turn, countless opportunities for things to go wrong. With the advent of 3-D printing technology, repairing or replacing those ...

Technology has long been considered a catalyst for innovation, driving change in the way we live, work and, most importantly, solve problems. In 2023, a year marked by ongoing supply chain issues ...

This is part two of a three-part series on the sustainability of 3D printing. The first article was Time for Clean Production Methods? 3D Printing Could Be the Solution. Part two looks at the use of ...

Using computer-aided design, 3D printing builds an item up layer by layer in a very precise fashion. Initially, plastics and metal powders were used as the feedstock for the process, but now resins, ...

Researchers are leveraging machine learning to improve additive manufacturing, also commonly known as 3D printing. The team introduces a new framework they've dubbed the Accurate Inverse process ...