3D printing can cause a lot a wasted material and its not very easy to recycle or use again, but Edward Clifford who is based in the UK thinks he might have a solution called FilaFab. FilaFab has been ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

One of our readers just sent us a tip about this interesting kickstarter project. [Turner Hunt] is bringing carbon fiber manufacture into the hands of makers — at considerable cost savings! So how ...

Fiber handling and converting technology company Cygnet Texkimp (Northwich, U.K.) has developed a way of winding composite fibers at a zero-degree angle to create curved and straight structural parts ...

Like most 3D printing enthusiasts, I started out thinking that a filament dryer was a must-have accessory. Humidity can ruin a spool faster than you'd expect, and I've seen firsthand how wet filament ...

The Northwest Composites Centre (NWCC), which is part of the University of Manchester’s Department of Materials, and composites technology company Cygnet Texkimp announced the major new research ...