Filament winding is an automated composites manufacturing process in which a mobile placement device wraps continuous fiber reinforcements (resin-impregnated or dry) around the outer surface of a ...

Empty spools from 3D printer filament are the kind of thing that begs to be repurposed, and one option is [3d-printy]’s vertical filament spool parts drawer design. The way this solution works is by ...

The newest winder and oven join SDC’s equipment already in-house for production of filament wound components including a second McClean Anderson filament winder (30″ diameter by 12′ long), a ...

Reaching the end of a spool of filament when 3D printing is inevitable. The result ranges from minor annoyance to ruined print. Recently, I needed to print a number of large jobs that used just over ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

3D printing can cause a lot a wasted material and its not very easy to recycle or use again, but Edward Clifford who is based in the UK thinks he might have a solution called FilaFab. FilaFab has been ...