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2026. 09. 12.

Stratasys F870: One-Meter Industrial FDM Already in Toyota and Rivian Workflows

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Stratasys’ new F870 combines a 1000 × 610 × 610 mm heated build chamber, Nylon 12CF support and a focus on production tooling, fixtures and factory aids.

Designed for the factory floor

Stratasys announced the F870 on September 9 for large tooling, jigs, assembly aids, fixtures and end-use parts.

The fully heated build volume measures 1000 × 610 × 610 mm. Materials include Nylon 12CF, ASA, ABS and FDM ABS Draft.

Toyota and Rivian

Toyota Production Engineering and Rivian Automotive are early users evaluating the platform for manufacturing aids and tooling.

What is new?

It is not a fundamental technology revolution, but an expansion of industrial FDM size, material capability and workflow.

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2026. 09. 19.

Creality K3 and SPARKX i8: Two Approaches to Multicolor Printing

The Chinese manufacturer is targeting reduced waste and downtime with different material-switching architectures.

2026. 09. 16.

The Best 3D Printers of 2026: What Tom’s Hardware’s Updated Guide Says About the Market

Tom’s Hardware updated its 2026 3D printer recommendations on September 8. The guide offers a useful snapshot of how fragmented the desktop market has become across budget, multicolor, resin and professional categories.

2026. 09. 16.

Lightmake L4: Four Fully Independent Toolheads in a Kickstarter Printer

The Lightmake L4 combines four independent toolheads with a linear-motor motion system to reduce multi-material waste and cycle time.

2026. 09. 19.

Chinese DLP-Printed Metamaterial with Wide Pressure-Sensing Range

A dual-gradient sensor from HUST researchers targets both subtle touch and much larger loads in one structure.

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2026. 09. 14.

Quickparts Builds a Four-Country Additive Manufacturing Network for Space and Defense

Quickparts is building a multi-country additive manufacturing network designed to reproduce the same qualified parts across different locations with consistent quality.

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2026. 09. 13.

Denmark Completes a 36-Unit 3D Printed Student Housing Project

Denmark’s 3DCP Group has completed 36 student housing units using additive construction technology in the Skovsporet project in Holstebro. The significance is scale: this is a real residential development rather than a single demonstration house.

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2026. 09. 13.

Flashforge CJ270: Full-Color Material Jetting in a Desktop-Sized System

China’s Flashforge made the CJ270 available to order on September 9, promising more than ten million colors, 7-micron layers and water-soluble supports in a $3,999 desktop system.

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2026. 09. 13.

Mastrex Launches Six Metal LPBF Printers with an Entry Price Around $39,000

Mastrex has introduced a six-machine metal laser powder bed fusion range, with the entry model reportedly starting around $39,000 – an unusually low price point for LPBF hardware.

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2026. 09. 12.

Mosaic Orion: Belt 3D Printing for Automated Custom Orthotics

Mosaic’s new Orion system continuously manufactures custom foot orthotics, running different patient jobs one after another without conventional manual batching.

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2026. 09. 12.

CNC Kitchen Tests Creality Raptor Pro vs. Revopoint Metro Y Pro on Real Engineering Parts

In his latest CNC Kitchen test, Stefan Hermann compares two similarly priced laser-line 3D scanners on real engineering parts, examining accuracy, detail and day-to-day usability.

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2026. 09. 12.

Anycubic Photon P1 MAX Review Highlights a Larger, More Automated Resin Platform

A fresh Tom’s Hardware review finds that the Anycubic Photon P1 MAX aims to move up the resin-printer market by combining a larger build area with more automation and convenience features.

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2026. 09. 12.

TRACE Ecosystem + CALIBRA – One Connected Digital Factory with Four Specialized Systems

TRACE Ecosystem + CALIBRA connects metrology, maintenance, tools and materials, production readiness and the Virtual Factory concept through four specialized industrial systems that can operate independently or together.

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2026. 09. 12.

China Pushes Green-Laser Copper 3D Printing into Batch Production

With its new XH-M350G-2HR, Xihe Additive is moving beyond demonstrations: copper cooling components for AI servers and power electronics are entering batch-production applications.

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2026. 09. 12.

Prusament ColorMix Targets Up to 45 Shades from Five Filament Spools

Prusa has introduced a new translucent PLA family designed for its ColorMix workflow. The goal is to create up to 45 different color shades from five base spools using halftoning on multi-color printers.

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