Springs are great, but making them out of plastic tends to come with some downsides, for fairly obvious reasons. Creating a compliant mechanism that can be 3D printed and yet which doesn’t permanently ...

This study aimed to experimentally investigate the tensile, impact, and fatigue strength of 3D-printed polymers. Tensile and Izod impact tests were conducted on 3D-printed specimens of polylactic acid ...

Readers find themselves at a time of unprecedented technological advancement. And while many of these world-changing developments dominate news headlines, one that flies under the radar is the rise of ...

PLA, or polylactic acid, is the most common material of choice for filament deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printers. It looks like plastic, smells like plastic, and probably tastes like plastic. It’s ...