Metal expansion kit for plastic printers

With a small, intuitive leap, Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker is providing a simple yet ingenious addition to its line of polymer printers, a metal expansion kit that enables thermoplastic 3D printers to print metal parts.

Founded in 2011, Ultimaker has been designing and building 3D printers during a time when the tech was all but nonexistent in the public eye. With its lin...