Plastics Live announced an exciting roundtable discussion with some leading players from the U.K. additive manufacturing (AM) scene. The team sees plastic manufacturing as incorporating technologies and issues that in many instances are seen as separate concerns for mainstream plastic production, such as AM, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and environmental and sustainability issues. The organizers […]

Earlier this year, 3DPrintUK announced its commitment to a sustainable approach to its additive manufacturing (AM) operations and outlined its “Road to Net Zero” plan. Today, the company is thrilled to announce that it has already taken a significant step towards this goal by attaining certified carbon-neutral status, the first 3D printing service bureau to […]

3DPRINTUK announced its ambitious goal to become the first fully certified, carbon-neutral 3D printing bureau by the end of 2023. The company also shared that it aims to be the first 3D printing service to offset 100% of its plastic output. Achieving certified carbon-zero is no easy task, but as a plastic parts manufacturer, the […]

3DPRINTUK passed Stage 2 of the ISO 9001:2015 standard audit with zero findings after completing Stage 1 earlier in the year. This means that 3DPRINTUK operates at the highest levels for quality assurance and validation of 3D printed parts for its clients on a daily basis, in full compliance with the ISO 9001 standard. “This […]

By Nick Allen, Managing Director, 3DPRINTUK The uses of 3D printing today are well established across industry, and it is routinely used as a prototype and production technology. As more companies become aware of the design freedom that 3D printing stimulates, and the versatility of the technology to create innovative parts and components, its adoption […]

By Nick Allen, Managing Director, 3DPRINTUK 3D printed parts are now commonplace in end-use applications, but not all are used in as exacting an environment like the ones used by Planet Ocean, based in Camberley, UK. Planet Ocean is a specialist in the provision of high-quality, marine scientific instruments for research, survey, naval, and operations […]

By Nick Allen, MD, 3DPRINTUK 3D printing is unique as a disruptive technology in one key respect, and that is, having disrupted the manufacturing paradigm through the introduction of rapid prototyping some 25-30 years ago, it is now disrupting manufacturing again. This is based on the fact that today, 3D printing technologies have been refined […]

Despite some reports of its untimely demise, the automotive sector is still a dominant force in the United Kingdom. Research and development is strong, as is manufacturing for motorsport, which is a huge industry in its own right. 3DPRINTUK supports the next generation of automotive designers and engineers, particularly in the Formula Student competition in […]

There has been a large-scale response by the 3D printing community to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a giant effort to close the gap between supply and demand for PPE for front-line NHS workers. In recent weeks, some really clever and innovative designs have been released for people to produce but all have been designed and […]

Users may be confused, and in some instances disillusioned, about the role that 3D printing can really take on when looking at production scenarios. There is a lot of work to be done to illustrate that 3D printing is really now established as a viable and robust production technology when used for the correct applications […]