Gallery: Check out these innovative 3D printed parts

In June, Plastics Machinery & Manufacturing examined how far 3D printing has come with articles about how the technologies stack up against larger-volume processes like injection molding, as well as how freedom-of-design advantages have made them especially suited to mass customization and prototyping and the production of parts that couldn't otherwise be made. Companies providing insights, or represented by photographs, include: 3D Systems Corp.; Aim3D; Arburg Inc.; Carbon Inc.; EOS; Formlabs Inc.; HP Inc.; Nexa3D, which recently released its Xip Pro printer; and Voxeljet America Inc., which is looking to eventually go commercial with its VX1000 HSS printer, now available as a beta version.