What You Say about our Beta Laser Cutting Service

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 31, 2016

We launched our laser cutting online service in a beta version six weeks ago, and we’ve been thrilled with the warm welcome the community has given to it. You’ve registered to the beta, passed orders, and given feedback and suggestions. We sent a satisfaction survey two weeks ago, and were pleased to read that you are globally very satisfied with our laser cutting service. This article is here to share the results of that survey, to...

FDM vs. SLA vs. SLS: Battle of the 3D technologies

Posted By Melchior de Wargny on Aug 31, 2016

Do you want to freshen up your memory or are you just new to the world of 3D printing and want to learn about the three classic 3D technologies? Look no further, we got most of the details available here.   Choosing a technology to print out a prototype, a proof-of-concept or any object at all, will depend on what is expected out of the object. Each technology has their own set of strengths and weaknesses, and will define the...

How to find the best laser cutting marketplace

Posted By Capucine Lonjon on Aug 30, 2016

Are you excited about laser cutting possibilities and want to try for yourself? But you’re lacking skills and time to design your idea? This is not an issue anymore. Some designers and users are keen to share their 2D designs on marketplaces, and design generating platforms offer plenty of tips to create your design out of inspiration.   Marketplaces   Surprisingly, there are more marketplaces for 3D printing then for laser...

Promoting Women in 3D Printing

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 30, 2016

Nora Toure’s blog, Women in 3D Printing, is a platform that valorizes women’s voices and talents in the 3D Printing field. We at Sculpteo are very happy to introduce you to this platform, not only because Nora Toure is one of our own, but also because we support her initiative, and the fascinating content that comes out of it: portraits, interviews, debates…   What is Women in 3D Printing? Women in 3D Printing is a blog...

Where in the world is 3D Printing? 3D Printing investment by countries and companies

Posted By Capucine Lonjon on Aug 24, 2016

Additive Manufacturing not only permeates many sectors, but it is also creating a world emulation. Many emerging countries see additive manufacturing as a way to keep up with the “industrialized countries”. As the industry is expanding drastically, each country is keen to be involved in 3D printing investment. We will see in this article how each country can be considered advanced in this field, regarding public and private investment...

3D Printed Nanotechnology: how do those two technologies intertwine?

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 24, 2016

Nanotechnology, like 3D printing, is one of the areas in which research and progress have been most plentiful in the past few years. They’re both on their way to revolutionizing a wide range of fields, from medicine to production, from the global economy to space exploration. How are the paths of these two advancing revolutions linked and intertwined? How can nanotechnology be applied to 3D printing and vice versa? What is...

How will Sculpteo’s options impact my 3D printing cost?

Posted By Charles Desjonqueres on Aug 24, 2016

If you have a 3D printing project, you surely had the opportunity to study the 3D printing techniques, materials, finishes, options, and tools Sculpteo offers, and knowing the constraints your project must comply with, maybe you already know which options suit you best! But how can you exactly know the impact of these options in term of price? Sculpteo offers a direct, interactive pricing tool: once you’ve uploaded your 3D file, you...

Design, iterations, production: How a Sculpteo intern 3D printed a drone from scratch

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 23, 2016

During his mechanical engineering studies, Alexis Massol was in charge of his school’s Fablab. That’s when he first started to imagine building his own drone. He looked up plans, materials, electrical components on the internet… and, over the course of five months he built a 1.5 kg fully functioning drone, using his school’s FDM 3D printer. Then he started an internship at Sculpteo, and revised his drone’s model to 3D Print a lighter,...

Meet the PCE instruments for 3D printing

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 20, 2016

Our factory in Paris is equipped with PCE Instruments for 3D printing. Read about the equipment and let us walk you through each side of our manufacturing process. The machines that take care of our printing work include production, quality control, and research and development machines. PCE Instruments, our supplier, is a leader in manufacturing and distributing of innovative and high tech machines, in the field of precise measuring,...

3D Printing on Mars and the Exploration of new Materials

Posted By Hannah Bensoussan on Aug 17, 2016

It’s summer, let’s dream about Martian sand! 3D printing has proven many times how revolutionizing it is for production. In this article, by discussing 3D Printing in the context of Mars exploration, we’ll see that it can go much further: when we manage to broaden the list of materials available to us, not even the sky will be the limit. Literally: by using materials like regolith, a layer of rock and dust covering the surface of...