Metal 3D printing has long promised aerospace-grade parts at desktop scale, but titanium has stubbornly resisted that vision. A new approach called cold metal fusion is changing that equation, turning ...

Generally, 3D metal printers work by laying down a bed of metal alloy powder, then sintering it with an electron beam or a laser in a pattern based on a digital file. A second layer is automatically ...

AI models are designing new metal alloys that have been 3D-printed and tested in the lab. The results are then fed back into ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers as single, sculpted pieces of metal. Instead of treating 3D printing as a ...

Our current level of technological development does not allow us to build things in space. In the best-case scenario, we are capable of assembling stuff in orbit, but the actual build of structures ...

Researchers have found special atomic patterns called quasicrystals in 3D-printed aluminum alloys. Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it ...

The best 3D printers of 2024 will be discussed in this guide, combining modern technologies with easily navigable designs that drive invention and creativity. How Do 3D Printers Work and What Are They ...

As a demonstration of the power of 3D printing in defense and aerospace, the Dutch Navy relies on a bank of Ultimaker prnters to create parts. Additive manufacturing hasn’t been spared the challenging ...