While slicing and printing can be pretty demanding, Ultimaker Cura can make things easier. Whether you’re a beginner just learning the ropes or a veteran trying to streamline your printing farm, Cura can help you out. All3DP wrote an article on 10 reasons to use Ultimaker Cura.

Ultimaker heeft met succes de audit voor het ISO/IEC 27001 certificaat doorlopen. Het Ultimaker-platform is een van de eerste 3D printplatformen dat door een onafhankelijke organisatie is gecertificeerd voor IT beveiliging.

Ultimaker is now offering a dedicated solution for 3D printing metal parts on the desktop using its S5 3D printer, new Cura 5.0 software, BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 17-4PH material and the ceramic Ultrafuse Support Layer. The Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit will include all required items for metal parts preparation from printing to accessing post-processing services, including materials and a set of dedicated print cores to support both the metal filament and its support layer, allowing full design freedom. A new Print Core DD 0.4, a highly wear-resistant core able to print the abrasive support material has been developed, but no permanent hardware modifications are needed as print cores and materials can be tapped out like any other print core or filament. The kit includes access to exclusive Ultimaker 3D Printing Academy content that has been developed with the team from BASF Forward AM to teach the full workflow with all kinds of tips and tricks to apply Metal FDM 3D printing on the Ultimaker platform.

The 2021 Solvay AM Cup presented entries with a real-world manufacturing challenge to solve for the L'Oréal factory using 3D printing on an Ultimaker printer and Solvay filament. The winning puck design is 3D printed as one piece. In fact, the sturdy base with intricate retractable blades is only manufacturable with 3Dprinting. The AM Cup winning design has the potential to eliminate puck changes at L’Oréal’s factories greatly reducing time, labor, and increasing efficiency. Read the entire article here:

New metal composite filament from BASF Forward AM has made it easy for Austrian company SPAROX 3D to pivot its existing Ultimaker FFF capacity into metals, without major additional investments in skills or equipment. How affordable polymer 3D printers are bringing end-use metal parts within reach!

CASTOR and Ultimaker have announced the integration of the former’s part screening software with the latter’s Digital Factory platform. Ultimaker’s cloud-based Digital Factory solution has been designed to give users remote management of their 3D printing systems, while CASTOR’s offering helps users to identify suitable applications of their additive manufacturing machines.

Ultimaker announced a new version of Ultimaker Cura, which seems to offer much more rapid 3D printing. Ultimaker Cura is one of the most well-known 3D print preparation software tools, as many companies beyond Ultimaker have leveraged the software’s open source availability to be used for their own equipment. In addition, Ultimaker supports this activity by adding in profiles for countless devices directly into the software.

Solvay is partnering with L’Oréal, the world’s beauty specialist, and Ultimaker, an expert in professional 3D printing, to launch the third edition of its international AM Cup competition. The contest gives students, engineers, and manufacturers from around the world the chance to demonstrate their aptitude for 3D printing and create an innovative design for a 3D-printed real application.

The company produces new versions of the software on a regular basis for many years, and the most recent release is version 4.9. This release is largely focused around Ultimaker’s cloud ecosystem, the Digital Factory.

According to Ultimaker, the choicest new feature of the 4.9 update is the integration of the Digital Factory’s library. If you use an Ultimaker 3D printer and have access to an Ultimaker Essentials, Professional, or Excellence subscription, you can now access any print file from the account’s Digital Library.

“Printing an entire T. rex is a monster job,” Jacobs said — pun possibly intended. “It took almost a year on two giant Builder Extreme 3D printers and eight Ultimaker 2+ printers to print all the 320-plus bones. Some of the bones were still too large to fit into the printer in its entirety, so those had to be digitally cut to fit.”

As Von Hollen observed, flexibility and sustainability are the two most pivotal “ingredients” for surviving in today’s volatile post-2020 business world.

FDM 3D printing specialist Ultimaker has announced that its Ultimaker Essentials platform will now be integrated into all of its 3D printers, allowing all customers to take full advantage of its benefits.

“Our plan is to accelerate the concept of providing companies with a solution, not just a printer,” Ultimaker CEO Jürgen von Hollen, told All3DP.

3D printing company Ultimaker said that it is stepping up its software by bundling its printers with Ultimaker Essentials and launching two subscription services. The move highlights how 3D printing is becoming more about software platforms as additive manufacturing and the on-demand supply chain develops.

I spoke with CEO Jürgen von Hollen, who stepped into the role at the start of this year and is now ready to implement the next stages of growth for the forward-thinking company.

As with any business operating today, Ultimaker has been well aware of the changing needs of a dynamic marketplace — and a pandemic-stricken world. Flexibility, customization, and specific, scalable solutions are keys to maintaining a strong foothold. These are all also areas where additive manufacturing has had a notable advantage.

‘Het is een interessante ervaring om in deze tijd bij een nieuw bedrijf te beginnen’, begint Jürgen von Hollen, de kersverse topman van 3D-specialist Ultimaker.

The feature we're going to talk about is the filament runout sensor. As you might imagine, this sensor tells the printer when it runs out of filament.

Ultimaker has released its 2021 3D Printing Sentiment Index (3DPSI), showing that awareness and adoption of 3D printing went up during 2020, and that companies used it in a more integrated way. While the study doesn’t delve into the reasons behind these developments, Ultimaker anecdotally linked them to the challenges posed by COVID-19 and a disrupted global supply chain.

Every year, Ultimaker conducts a global study analyzing the use of additive manufacturing and its adoption, as well as awareness and understanding of the industry and the challenges faced by users of the company’s 3D printers. The 3D Printing Sentiment Index gives a score to each participating country according to its degree of maturity in the realm of additive manufacturing.

The latest research from a global study shows the implementation of 3D printing and sophistication of its use cases increased during 2020. The pandemic inspired innovative engineers around the globe to apply game-changing, unexpected, and inspirational uses for 3D printing to ensure business continuity.

For the past several months, Jürgen von Hollen has been the CEO of Ultimaker. What is his vision on segmenting, approaching, and selling into this market? What does he hope to achieve in the coming years? Learn the answers to all of these questions and get a feel for Ultimaker’s new chief on the 3DPOD.

"We want to be the most efficient airline company and 3D printed tools help us with that."