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Building off their form explorations, using prompts such as Aleatory Methods, Protest as Form, and For Loops, activity for the MDD Digital Assemblies class now turned to physical prototyping of the...

Students were grouped and tasked with exploring form using 1-2 of the following design prompts: Material Arcs, Protest as Form, Tactile Communication, Fascination, For Loops, and Aleatory Methods.

MDD Digital Assemblies students were asked to select a material additive by following one of three design prompts: color study, sound/acoustic study, and scent study.

For the fall 2020 semester at the University of Utah students of Ditagal Assemblies be using tools such as the Filabot EX2 filament extruder, the Filabot Pelletizer, and the Massive Dimension Direc...

Additions to the 1.75mm sheets with HIPS and PETG+ added for setting.  For the first time a complete list of 2.85mm diameter settings for all of the current grades we have on the site as well as so...

Close the Loop - Reuse, Rework, Re-extrude Finally, the perfect way to measure filament while extruding. The Filabot Filameasure is the perfect addition to the Filabot Spooler, this addition m...

This is a follow up to Blog Posting:  Extrusion Data File System - New Development   With so many polymers available it is hard to keep track of all the settings used during extrusion. Each polymer...

Today students and staff from Spaulding High School visited our shop to learn about advanced manufacturing. During their stay, we showed them a tour of our new shop. Highlighted and discussed our d...

Filabot in Pharmaceuticals?            The University College London’s School of Pharmacy began to experiment with the effect geometry can have on pharmaceutical drug release and intake. The plan...