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CNC Wood Molds: Metal Casting Patterns, Concrete Forms and Bending Forms
CNC wood molds for metal sand casting patterns, concrete forms, composite plugs and bending forms. Shrinkage, draft, wood choice and pattern painting from shop experience.
3D Printing Funding in October 2026: Sakuu Goes Public via SPAC, Amaero IPOs, 6K Additive Borrows $27.4M
A 3D battery printing company valued at $600M, a metal powder maker whose IPO nets just $15.7M, a powder plant borrowing from the US EXIM…
What Is a Composite (FRP) Mold? How to Make a Fiberglass Mold from a Master Pattern
How to make a composite FRP mold: tooling gelcoat, fiberglass, polyester vs. vinyl ester resin, release wax, how many pulls you get, and when to…
3D Printing in the Auto Industry 2026: From Prototypes to Full-Size Parts and Opportunities for Vietnamese Suppliers
Hyundai prints a whole door panel in one go, and a New York 3D printing studio wins tier 1 supplier orders. An applications engineer looks…
Qualifying 3D Printed Parts for Aerospace, Rockets and Drones: The Bottleneck from Prototype to Production
Printing flight parts is no longer hard; proving they are reliable is the real gate. ESA, America Makes and X-Bow show how qualification is being…
Robots and 3D printing: from a 2,300-printer farm to a container factory running on recycled plastic
A Chinese toy maker runs about 2,300 3D printers, a container 3D printing factory is headed to Timor-Leste, and Boston Dynamics speeds up robot builds.…
3D printing workforce training in Vietnam: more STEM students, but which skills are still missing?
Over 44,000 engineering students get scholarships and 3D printers start at a few million VND. An engineer who mentors interns shares four digital manufacturing skills…
Strategic technology and 3D printing: how do we move research from the lab to the shop floor?
Vietnam restructures its science and technology programs and pays up to 300 million VND a month for strategic tasks. Europe and the US show the…
3D-Printed Fashion in 2026: Slides Sold as Files, Titanium Eyewear and Lessons for Vietnam’s Footwear Industry
Scan your feet with a phone to get 3D-printable slide files, AR glasses with metal-printed titanium temples, a 16 kg 3D-printed dress. A 3D printing…
3D Scanning to Reverse Engineer Ship Propellers: On-Site Repair Without Drawings, from Dubai to a US Submarine
A ship propeller was 3D scanned and reprinted with WAAM, cutting lead time by about 60%; a US submarine replaced a $200,000 alteration with a…
Metal 3D Printing Enters Mass Production: Aerospace, Energy and Lessons for Vietnam
Metal 3D printer revenue grew 51%, China is investing 500 million USD in an aerospace 3D printing hub, and PetroVietnam wants a "digital warehouse". An…
3D-Printed Houses in 2026: ICON Raises 200 Million USD, Three Printers Build Shopping Center Walls
ICON brings its Titan house printer to market, AMTG runs three printers at once for a shopping center, and 3D-printed earth bricks regulate heat. A…