Hackaday

Why Stepper Motors Still Dominate 3D Printing

It’s little secret that stepper motors are everywhere in FDM 3D printers, but there’s no real reason why you cannot take another type of DC motor like a brushless DC (BLDC) motor and use that instead.
Hosted on MSN

Startup secures $30 million contract to 3D print jet engines for the USAF

Beehive Industries, a startup jet engine manufacturer based in Colorado, just secured a $30 million contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to continue the research and development of small 3D-printed ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

This quadcopter swaps propellers for 3D printed radial impellers and still flies

A drone builder known as QUADMOVR has swapped every propeller on a self-built quadcopter ...
3Dnatives

#Startup3D: Tesseract Brings Linear Motors to 3D Printers

Dutch startup Tesseract Technologies says its linear motors for 3D printing are two to five times more cost-effective than comparable systems ...
3D Printing Industry

Researchers develop 3D printable metallic glass for more efficient electric motors

Researchers working on the European AM2SoftMag project have developed an iron-based metallic glass designed for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF), targeting soft-magnetic components for more ...
Forbes

Beehive Pushes 3D-Printed Drone Jet Engines Into Full Production

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Beehive Industries is rapidly scaling its additively manufactured jet engine program, aiming ...
Popular Science

These 3D printed engines can power space-bound rockets—or hypersonic weapons

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Forbes

3D Printed Rocket Motors Could Restock Missile Arsenals Fast

The U.S. has supplied vast numbers of missiles to Ukraine, including more than 2,000 Stinger shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, over 10,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, and an unspecified number ...
TechCrunch

Firehawk’s rocket engines and 3D-printed fuel hit testing milestones ahead of first launch

Although today’s rocket engines are advanced and powerful, they tend to rely on traditional — and naturally volatile — fuels. Firehawk Aerospace has a safer and more stable new solid fuel, new engines ...
autoevolution

World's First 3D-Printed Rocket Flew with New Copper Alloy Engines, Details Inside

We average Joes might bask in the knowledge that our species is fairly advanced from a technological standpoint, and more than able to study the space surrounding our planet. But engineers working in ...
Business Wire

Local Motors Announces Winners of First-Ever 3D-Printed Car Design Challenge

Selected from more than 200 submitted concepts, the winning design will inspire the full-size Local Motors prototype vehicle that will be printed at IMTS in September 2014 PHOENIX--(BUSINESS ...