Whitepapers and Other Media Publications
Compare & Contrast FFF Metal
Explore the different offerings available in FFF Metal. The linked graphic shows a side by side comparison of Desktop Metal, Markforged, BASF and The Virtual Foundry. Watch the full webinar here.
Compare & Contrast: Ultrafuse and Filamet™
A side by side look at Ultrafuse by BASF and Filamet™ by The Virtual Foundry.
3D Metal Printing for Preppers
This article is pretty interesting. A concept we hadn’t thought of before we read it.
Almost any fused filament fabrication printer can build metal parts
Filament is designed to work with low- to high-end equipment
Additive Report by Sue Roberts
Additive Report by Sue Roberts
The Virtual Foundry Developing Custom 3D Printing Materials
3D Printing News Briefs: January 27, 2020
3DPrint.com by Sarah Saunders
3DPrint.com by Sarah Saunders
3D Printing: Overview, Impacts and the Federal Role
Congressional Research Service
August 2, 2019
August 2, 2019
The Authority On Construction In Space
The Texas A&M Department of Construction Science is laying the groundwork to become the leading research hub for construction projects on the Moon and Mars.
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture, JULY 12, 2019
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture, JULY 12, 2019
Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Activities
March 2017 – Argonne National Laboratory
Miscellaneous Publications
Metal filament 3d printing of ss316l-focusing on the printing process
Feasibility study of producing multi-metal parts by fused filament fabrication (fff) technique
Desktop 3d metal printing, today
The Virtual Foundry’s alternative
To costly metal am systems: open, safe, priced to compete
Affordable metal 3d printing
The Virtual Foundry is first to market with an affordable metal 3d printing system that dramatically reduces the entry cost of Metal 3D Printing. Filamet™ from The Virtual Foundry makes any existing 3d printer a Metal 3D Printer. The Virtual Foundry provides a full cycle solution that includes debinding and sintering equipment letting anyone 3d Print pure metal parts in-house for prototyping and short-run manufacturing.
Partnership with ledwell plastics
Ledwell Plastics: How does Filamet™ fit in to plastic injection molding?
Filamet™ in the Field
Research relevant to, but not specifically about the virtual foundry.
The Virtual Foundry likes to share as much information as possible. We hope to build this category into a very robust Wiki that will cover all of these topics. Some of this information may be directly about TVF, or it may be about topics related to our technology and methods of improving the various processes.