Almost a year ago, we were the first 3D pritning service to offer a wax material. During that time, we’ve kept wax in beta but due to the high standards we set for our prints, we took the difficult decision to shut it down. We know many of you were r...
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New European Factory for faster turnaround and more efficient production
Posted By Arthur Cassaignau on May 28, 2014
To meet growing demand, we are opening a second factory in Europe. As has been the case for 4 years now, we’re dedicated to serve the varied needs of our varied clients, making mass production that starts at one, a reality. The opening of the new fac...
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If you live in the Bay area, there is a maker event this weekend in San Leandro. We’ll be there ourselves to introduce you to 3D printing. Make San Leandro is an event dedicated to 3D printing, Robots, Rockets, and Fire! You’ll be able to come and pl...
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3D Scanning & 3D Printing Meetup @ Futur en Seine
Posted By Arthur Cassaignau on May 28, 2014
June is an exciting month! The summer is coming, and there are events almost every night! Still, we managed For the French Digital Festival Futur en Seine, Sculpteo team welcomes you to a new Meetup dedicated to 3D scanning and 3D printing. This new ...
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Hardware Startup ‘Beast Technologies’ creates indie fitness tracker with the use of 3D printing
Posted By Arthur Cassaignau on May 28, 2014
Most people know that 3D printing enables consummer to take part in the production process and customize their own products. But since a while now, hardware entrepreneurs have been adopting 3D printing in their business to create their prototypes and...
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Exciting news from Autodesk 123D! Their Meshmixer app is making it even easier to modify, repair, and 3D print your design. For a few years now, Autodesk has been a front runner in the 3D printing world, and it’s done it again with the latest release...
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Transparent 3D Printing: how to polish your translucent resin 3D prints?
Posted By Matthew Sausse on May 22, 2014
Hi, I’m Matthew, material engineer at Sculpteo and I start this new blog category to offer DIY tips to improve your 3D prints. I’ll mostly cover very simple things that we don’t necessarily offer in our processes, but that can easily be done at home....
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New Deal With Runway Incubator in San Fransisco!
Posted By Arthur Cassaignau on May 20, 2014
Dear Entrepreneurs, if you’re located in San Francisco and looking for an awesome place to work, the Runway Incubator might just be the solution for you. Dear Do-ers, this will interests you even more since we just stroke a deal with them! Every memb...
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Tensile strength: Additive manufacturing vs Injection molding
Posted By Phil Lambert on May 14, 2014
This is the final installment of the “Material Considerations for Additive Manufacturing of Polymers” series investigating the tensile performance of polymers processed with Additive Manufacturing. To quickly recap, Part 1 of this series described tw...
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Tensile properties of materials: FDM printer & SLS printer
Posted By Phil Lambert on May 14, 2014
As was mentioned in “Material Considerations for Additive Manufacturing of Polymers: Part 1”, the material properties of a part manufactured via AM do not necessary reflect the material data sheet that the manufacturers release. Luckily for designers...
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Join us for the next Maker Startup Weekend San Francisco
Posted By Arthur Cassaignau on May 13, 2014
The next Maker Startup Weekend takes place in San Francisco on May 30th. If you’re around, Nora, US Sales Manager at Sculpteo, will be there to meet you and guide you on your projects involving 3D printing. Save the date! Startup Weekends are 54-hou...
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SLS method & FDM process for 3D printing with Plastic
Posted By Phil Lambert on May 13, 2014
Hi Everyone, I’m Phil. This week, we’re starting a new series of posts on material considerations for 3D printing with plastic. When designing parts you intend to 3D print, being aware of the material (or system) you plan on building your part with i...
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Discover more about 3D printing and digital manufacturing with our blog
Sculpteo is a digital manufacturing service that provides both a 3D printing and a laser cutting service. We decided to add a blog to our website back when the company was created. The overall goal is keep you updated on all the latest news and trends of the digital manufacturing in general and 3D printing in particular. On our blog you’ll find information on the 3D printers, on 3D modeling with detailed tutorials, comparisons between the technologies, events and even discounts.