Apex – Generating Support Material When 3D printing models with overhangs or steep angles, the printer will extrude material under prone areas in order to keep the part from collapsing under gravity. This removable and discarded material is called SUPPORT. This article describes the process for generating support material in 3D printing. Support is easily removed […]
Airwolf 3D is proud to announce that after months of informative and instructional content creation, the Airwolf 3DU Additive Manufacturing Online Learning System is live! This in-depth class covers a wide range of topics that will benefit you and your company when implementing an EVO Additive Manufacturing system into your workflow. The all-new Airwolf 3DU […]
Advanced Technology in a Small Package The EVOlution of desktop 3D printing continues with the EVO R, the latest edition to Airwolf’s EVO series of additive manufacturing machines. The EVO R embodies the ideal formula for engineers, educators, and designers: dependability, safety, efficiency, and affordability in a space-efficient package with an approximate 12” x 8.75” x 9” build […]
FREE WEBINAR & Q&A (30 minutes) Are your students engaged in your technical classes? Ron Ponce, “The 3D Printer Teacher, Guru and Award-Winning ROP Teacher” from Anaheim High School will share his secrets for engagement. September 5th 4:30 PST
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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), […]
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 […]
Want to create your own custom 3D-printed logo spinner? Airwolf 3D Summer Intern Kevin Coulson, a second year engineering major at UC-Berkeley, walks you through the process of designing and 3D-printing your own customized fidget spinner toy. At this point, everybody knows what a fidget spinner is and how they’re typically designed — one bearing […]
As you might have imagined, the Wolfpack prints a LOT of things every single day. From sample parts for prospective customers to amazing side projects that we work on — and everything in between. But what happens to the prints that fail, break, or are no longer used? Many are given away, some are taken […]
St. Margaret’s creates 3D printed masks for upcoming stage production As a company dedicated to supporting 3D printing in schools, we are thrilled to see the amazing things that teachers and students create with Airwolf 3D printers. And our friends at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA most certainly do NOT disappoint! […]
Last week, we had a fantastic time meeting so many teachers and educational professionals at the 2016 Annual California STEM Symposium in Anaheim, CA. At the conference, our own Wolfpack member Eva Wolf joined Jillian Johnson-Sharp from the Orange County Department of Education/CTe Partnership and Jack Gupton, a STEM educator, for a round table discussion […]
Thanks to our partners at Ideaz3D, an authorized Airwolf 3D reseller and leading 3D-printing service provider located in Sonora, Mexico, Airwolf 3D is proud to announce the recent installation of two new AXIOM 3D printers in the Hermosillo Institute of Technology (ITH). The University was selected among 230 institutes in the country to be the […]
Congratulations to Logan Dalton on his award-winning 3D-printed vascular shunt! An eighth-grader at Gaspar De Portola Middle School in Tarzana, CA, Logan took home first place at the 2016 Los Angeles Science and Engineering Fair and second place at the 2016 California State Science Fair for his original invention, the “EZ Tie Emergency Temporary Vascular […]
Are your kids walking around like zombies, clutching their smart phones, and obsessively playing Pokemon Go? How about giving them a safe way to play Pokemon Go while also learning about science? And they’d have a chance to win some really cool 3D-printed Pokeballs? With Pokemon Go sweeping the nation, our friends at the Discovery […]
Airwolf 3D Blogger-in-Chief Jazmin Casing shares 5 surprising lessons learned from visiting the first group of students to build and fly Talon X1 3D-printed drone kits. Earlier this month, we launched our first 3D-printing educational kit: The Talon X1 Drone. Designed specifically for use as part of a STEM education curriculum, Talon X1 is a […]
Inventor’s Week is an annual event at the Discovery Cube children’s museum that encourages “tinkering, building, and exploring while learning about electronic and robotic principles that every inventor and engineer should know!” As part of our continuing mission to enhance integrated STEM education through 3D printing, Airwolf 3D is excited to celebrate another year […]
Airwolf 3D is proud to announce the release of the Talon X1 Drone — the first of several educational 3D-printing kits slated for release by Airwolf 3D. The desktop 3D printer manufacturer is developing these new kits to give educators an effective way to incorporate an extremely popular new technology with an integrated STEM curriculum. […]
Why should you buy 3D printers for your school? More employers are looking for students who have working knowledge of 3D printers and their processes. As such, if you buy a 3D printer for the classroom, your students will receive relevant skill sets that improve their chances at employment. It will also enable them to […]
Jillian Johnson Sharp, the Orange County Department of Education, The CTE Partnership, together with colleagues, friends and supporters, such as Vital Link, did the honors of hosting the award ceremony of the OC STEM Challenge and announcing the ocMaker Challenge 2016 winners. The ocMaker Challenge is a school 3D printer competition, an integrated STEM project […]
Join Airwolf 3D at the 2016 ocMaker Challenge Join us on April 29th and 30th at the Discovery Cube in Santa Ana to present the 3rd Annual ocMaker Challenge Exhibit and Competition in the Julianne Argyros Showcase Theater and Exhibition Hall. The 2016 ocMaker Challenge tasks students with designing, building, or significantly re-purposing a product […]
