News and Events Pertaining to 3D Printing and Airwolf 3D
Airwolf was started for the purpose of making prototype parts for automobiles. However, before we could start building car parts, we started building 3D printers. Before we knew it, our days, nights, and weekends were entirely consumed with building, selling and servicing 3D printers. Fast forward seven (7) years and many thousands of 3D printers […]
Introducing configurable auto-slicing, same material solid layer support and highly-requested features and fixes with software update 1.5.9 Airwolf 3D is pleased to release some more exciting updates to APEX! Developed specifically for Airwolf 3D printers, APEX slicing software is part of our commitment to continually improve the 3D printing process for our customers. Aside from […]
Airwolf 3D is pleased to release the biggest update to APEX yet! Developed specifically for Airwolf 3D printers, APEX slicing software is part of our commitment to continually improve the 3D printing process for our customers. In this installment, we have added solid layer support, optimized support generation, and improved prime tower configuration. APEX is […]
Clear ABS Filament We are now manufacturing clear ABS filament and have added it to our ABS filament offering. As the name implies, clear ABS has no pigmentation and offers a transparent tint (color code 000000). Clear ABS is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene that incorporates methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer and results in a refractive polymer. Airwolf’s […]
Join the Airwolf 3D Wolfpack at Pacific Design & Manufacturing February 5-7 at the Anaheim Convention Center! Part of North America’s largest industry event, Pacific Design & Manufacturing delivers the latest in CAD/CAM software, 3D printing, rapid prototyping, new materials, injection molding, and more. Get a FREE Expo Pass or 20% off your conference pass […]
Once again, Airwolf 3D took center stage at CES in Las Vegas. Thank you, valued customers, for coming by and visiting the booth. We made many new business relationships and our CES Show Special Pricing was a hit! Several new happy customers walked out of the show with their new EVO 3D printers in hand. We are extending […]
School Savings Summer is cooling down, but we’re about to get started on our hottest time of the year here at Airwolf 3D! We want to help teachers get ready for school with 3d printing projects, savings, and inspiration. Save money on school 3d printing supplies with our back to school sale: Save 25% MG94 […]
At Airwolf 3D, we take a lot of pride in our machines’ ability to print BIG. If you look back at the History of Airwolf 3D Machines, you can see how central the theme of “printing big” has been to our company’s success. When we released the XL, our second-generation printer, back in 2013, it […]
It’s that time of year again — time for our summer 3D printer sale* that comes with its own “Summer 6-Pack” filled with over $300 worth of premium filament and accessories — and FREE shipping! Get in on this 3D printer sale now and take advantage of one of our best deals of the year! […]
The EVO is the most advanced desktop additive manufacturing machine in its class. While our award-winning AXIOM series 3D printers remain outstanding machines that always outpace their competition, the EVO is in a league of its own. And while the EVO is a relatively easy machine to operate right out of the box, we understand […]
Airwolf 3D Design Intern and High School Junior Prescott Campbell shares his design process for 3D-printed hubs he created for his team’s entry in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The ‘Power Up’ Challenge: Tip the Scales In this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition game, “Power Up,” the principal task is to lift “power cubes,” or plastic crates […]
Ready to see how some of the brightest students in the country are planning to change the world? The fifth annual ocMaker Challenge is just around the corner, and we would like to extend an invitation to you, your family, and any friends you know who are interested in supporting the growth of STEM education […]
Did you know that some of Airwolf 3D’s most significant innovations are also environmentally friendly? We often focus on how we push and strive to make our products better, bigger, and faster, but we are also incredibly proud to have developed some true green 3D printing solutions. HydroFill Water-Soluble Support We recently released a ‘new […]
When Design Intern Prescott Campbell isn’t creating things like custom parts for Airwolf 3D’s Dodge Hellcat, he’s a full-time student at Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach, CA. In this blog post, Prescott shares one of the challenges his school’s team faced when preparing for the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition: Design 3D-printed encoder […]
Sometimes, even when it ain’t broke, the Airwolf 3D Wolfpack still fixes it. That’s why, despite this dissolvable filament’s success and effectiveness, Airwolf 3D’s patent-pending HydroFill Water-Soluble Support has undergone a few tweaks and has now been reformulated to work better than ever and offers support to more materials than PVA filament. Airwolf 3D strives to […]
It’s almost that time of year again. Since the beginning of the fall semester, teachers and students around Orange County, CA have been working hard to design and build their wildly creative entries for this year’s 5th annual ocMaker Challenge. Organized and supported by the Orange County Department of Education’s Career Technical Education Partnership (CTEp), […]
Whether you try to 3D print large parts or very small parts in high temperature materials like polycarbonate or ABS, the keys to success are excellent thermal management and effective bed adhesion. Successful thermal management requires three essential factors: a full enclosure, sufficient heat, and an effective way to control that heat. When working with […]
3D Printer Materials Airwolf 3D is often regarded as the leader in 3D printing materials, with machines that can print in over 40 different materials. Since 2012, Airwolf 3D has been accumulating extensive tribal knowledge in using 3D printers to create high strength and high temperature-resistant components. This knowledge, such as optimal print settings, finishing […]
Airwolf 3D Design Intern Prescott Campbell shares his design process for his most difficult assignment yet: Redesign the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat’s Center Shift Console to provide extra storage space and custom vanity branding. Find out how Prescott overcame design challenges — and learned some lessons along the way — in order to create what […]
Educators, did you know that the deadline to file your third quarter (January 1 – March 31) claim for Perkins funds is right around the corner and is due before or on April 30, 2018? That means that if you haven’t already expended your Perkins funds, and intend to do so before March 31st, then […]
Celebrating Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon Here at Airwolf 3D, we love to celebrate the great American inventors who blazed the way for the technology upon which we, and our customers, rely on every day. This month, we pay tribute to Wallace Carothers. Carothers was an American organic chemist who served as a group leader […]
With the arrival of the new EVO Additive Manufacturing Center came an outpouring of questions about the machine’s metal printing capability. At the 2018 Design & Manufacturing Show in Anaheim, CA, Airwolf 3D Co-Founder and CEO Erick Wolf gave a presentation entitled “Metal Printing for the Masses,” in which he explained how anyone can 3D […]
Join the Airwolf 3D Wolfpack at Pacific Design & Manufacturing February 6-8 in Booth #3613 at the Anaheim Convention Center! Part of North America’s largest industry event, Pacific Design & Manufacturing delivers the latest in CAD/CAM software, 3D printing, rapid prototyping, new materials, injection molding, and more. Get a FREE Expo Pass or 20% off […]
Since we released the new HD Direct Drive in October, we’ve gotten some incredible feedback — mainly from schools and home users who were searching for a good beginner’s 3D printer. These customers needed reliable machines that produce great quality prints — but they didn’t necessarily require all the higher-performance bells and whistles that define […]
Airwolf 3D today announces the immediate ability to finance Airwolf 3D printers through a strategic partnership with Ascentium Capital, a leading financing institution, financing the latest Airwolf 3D printers to make them accessible to a broader audience by reducing the need for upfront cash payments and preserving valuable capital. After much due diligence to find […]
Airwolf 3D makes history yet again with the release of its fifth generation machine: The EVO Additive Manufacturing Center. Packed with innovative features, the EVO is the fastest, strongest, highest-performing desktop additive manufacturing system in its class. Isn’t the EVO just another industrial 3D printer? Not if we have anything to say about it. “The […]
A Guide to the Best Holiday Gifts for 3D Printing Lovers For as long as gift-giving has been a tradition, there’s also always the challenge of coming up with great gift ideas. Whether it’s for your family, partner, friend, co-worker, your cat, your dog, or secret Santa, it can be really difficult to choose the […]
Airwolf 3D is excited to release our new MG94 ABS filament! You’ve already heard the buzz about MG94. After extensive development and testing — and requests from you, our customers — we’ve perfected MG94 ABS filament for 3D printing and are now manufacturing it here in our facility in Fountain Valley, CA. What is MG94 […]
This week, 159 years ago, John Landis Mason, patented the first glass jar with a screw-on cap, which has now affectionately become known as the “Mason jar.” Mason’s famous jar and lid combo was patented on November 30, 1858 (U.S. Patent No. 22186 A). Inventor’s Impact Why do we have such a profound fondness for […]
We originally released the AXIOM 20, our large format 3D printer, fully loaded. It’s a high-performance, big desktop 3D printer and we knew most AXIOM 20 customers desired all the bells and whistles, including dual-head printing. At Airwolf 3D, we also understand that not all printers are a perfect fit for everyone. So due to […]
