Even a decade later, homebrew 3D printing still doesn’t stop when it comes to mechanical improvements. These last few months have been especially kind to lightweight direct-drive extruders, and ...

Davis-Standard says recently completed testing of its direct-drive extruders reveal a system that is quieter and more energy-efficient than AC- or DC-drive counterparts. That direct-drive technology ...

BIQU (aka Bigtree Tech) is now offering the direct-drive extruder it designed for the Bigtree BX printer as a separate part. Dubbed ‘H2 (Hydrogen) Direct Extruder’, it seems to be ‘inspired by’ E3D’s ...

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY (Jan. 5, 1:55 p.m. EST) — Windmöller & Hölscher AG has used direct-drive technology on its printing presses, but now the company brings direct drive to its Varex extruders for ...

While multicolor printing eliminates painting steps and produces vibrant objects, there are two significant downsides; filament consumption and print time. A single-nozzle filament printer needs to ...

The problem: folk are finding wear and gouging under the driven hobbed gear of a certain type of dual-drive extruder. In the photo right of a partially assembled dual-drive, it would be in the red ...