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5 places you should use PETG instead of PLA when 3D printing (and what to know)

Don't just rely on PLA for everything.
New Atlas

New filament tech lets regular 3D printers build multi-material items

Ordinarily, when using an off-the-shelf 3D printer, it's quite difficult to print a single object that incorporates multiple materials. An experimental new system could make it easier, though, by ...
Billings Gazette

Blue Sky Science: What’s the difference between types of 3D printer filaments?

— Levin Eustice, Rome Corners, Wis. A Ben Cox, engineer at the Morgridge Institute for Research: 3D printing is a process by which we make a piece layer by layer, and the various forms of 3D printing ...
Digital Trends

Don’t print with crappy plastic. Here’s the best 3D-printing filament you can buy

Filament is to 3D printers what gasoline is to cars. You need it in order to run your machine; you can get it from a variety of different places; and it’s available in various levels of quality. Not ...
JEC Composites

3D printing with pellet extruders versus with filament

However, industrial 3D printing machines differ greatly from traditional desktop printers. Besides the format of the machines and the prints, one major difference can be found in the material that is ...
3Dnatives

The Best Machines for Recycling Plastic and Making Your Own 3D Printing Filament

A selection of the best machines for turning your failed prints and scrap plastic into new 3D printing filament.