Pearce, Joshua
Dr. Joshua Pearce is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and also the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Tech University (MIT). He...
Pettis, Bre
Bre Pettis is an American entrepreneur born in New York in 1972. After attending Evergreen State College and Pacific Oaks College, Pettis taught public school for seven years. Pettis was one of the ...
Pirate 3D
Yo ho, matey! Pirate 3D is a company that has created a 3D printer called the Buccaneer™ at an affordable price. The Buccaneer™ comes fully assembled and is easy to set up. The store is aptly called...
Polyamide Nylon
Polyamide Nylon is a thermoplastic and is commonly used in such products as women’s nylons, parachutes, and carpet. Thermoplastics are synthetic polymers known as polyamides. A polyamide is a polymer...
PolyJet Printing
PolyJet printing is a 3D printing technology developed by Objet Geometries. PolyJet printing uses liquid photopolymers that are exposed to Ultraviolet (UV) light, which then hardens the 3D part. How...
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA)
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) is a synthetic, water-soluble polymer. PVA is used to create other polymers and is used in such products as a thickener in polyvinyl acetate glues, paper coatings, play putty...
Print 3D Plugin
The Print3D plug-in is a free plug-in created by 3D Systems that allows CAD users to have an additional set of tools for their CAD software. Print 3D Plugin Features Print3D has several features,...
Pelican Imaging Camera
Pelican Imaging has created a new type of camera. The Pelican camera is a plenoptic, also called light-field, camera which uses 16 smaller lenses in a 4x4 grid rather than one large lens in order to...
Phenix Systems
Phenix Systems is a 3D printing company located in Riom, France. Phenix Systems has recently been acquired by 3D Systems in June, 2013. Phenix makes 3D printers that use direct metal laser sintering...
Plaster-based 3D Printing
Some 3D printers use a sandstone/plaster as their printing medium in a technology called Selective Laser Sintering or "SLS". The license for this technology is held by ZCorp, the producers of the...
Polychemy
Polychemy, also known as Polygon Alchemy, is an online 3D designer boutique and printing company located in Singapore. The prints are created with polyamide plastic. Polychemy also accepts the work...
Polylactic Acid (PLA) Plastic
Polylactic Acid (PLA) plastic is a thermoplastic polymer that softens when heated and hardens when cooled. It is made from renewable resources, such as corn starch and sugarcane. It is also...
Ponoko
Ponoko is an online 3D printing shop. Ponoko offers designs that you can 3D print or you can upload your own design. Users can also sell their designs to Ponoko. Ponoko uses distributed manufacturing...
Print Bed Material in 3D Printing
Print Bed Material refers to material used in 3D printing that will stick to the print bed, yet not become permanently fixed on the print bed. The material needs to stick to the print bed so that the...
Pellets
Pellets are small plastic balls that can be can be turned into 3D printing filament to print 3D objects. Pellets are heated and extruded through the filament extruder to create the filament. Pellets...
Photopolymerization
Photopolymerization is the polymerization of liquid by being exposed to light, typically ultraviolet (UV) light. Polymerization is the process of liquid turning to solid by building smaller molecules...
Plastic Jet Printing
Also known as extrusion printing, Plastic Jet Printing is a 3D printing technology that uses plastic to create 3D printed parts. It’s similar to Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), but the printers are...
Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK)
Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) is a high-performance, colorless polymer thermoplastic. It is semi-crystalline, is resistant to many chemicals, and has excellent mechanical properties. PEEK is used in...
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene, most famously used as Teflon® by DuPont as a non-stick coating for pans and cookware. It can also be used for...
Powder Bed Printing
Powder bed 3D printing is closely related to Inkjet head printing. Both parts make up the ZPrinter, the only powder bed printer available on the market. Like other 3D printers that use laser...
Project Shapeshifter
Project Shapeshifter, by Autodesk Research.IL group, is a free technology preview. It was created to help designers and makers more easily create complex shapes and 3D-printable geometries. Once an...
Prosthetics, 3D Printed
3D printed prosthetics are an alternative to traditional prosthetics (artificial body parts), which are laborious and expensive to build. 3D printed prosthetics can be built quickly, are less...