UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has drastically improved the uniformity and speed of metal parts manufacturing, but the printed parts are often plagued with defects, ...
Like modern-day alchemists, metallurgists are constantly discovering and perfecting recipes for better alloys. A crucial step ...
The accomplishment "paves the way for long-distance and long-duration missions where creating spare parts, construction components, and tools on demand will be essential." When you purchase through ...
In several different surveys (including ours), engineers have said they want to use 3D printing for end-production, and they want to use it for making metal parts. The main hangups have been the high ...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new ...
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have used ESA’s metal 3D printer to forge the first-ever metal part made entirely in space. The achievement was part of a collaboration between ...
Freeform Future Corp., a startup using custom 3D printers to make metal parts, has raised $67 million in funding. The company stated in its announcement of the deal today that Nvidia Corp.’s NVentures ...
As an engineering company, Honda is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with 3D printing technology. Honda has been researching and developing 3D metal printing for 13 years. Laser Powder Bed ...
How do you use a 3D printer to bend metal? One way would be to take it to a machine shop and offer to trade the owner your printer for some time in their shop. A smarter way is to do like [Jaba 3D], ...