While additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D printing, has been a futuristic mainstay of manufacturing for years, it has struggled to scale both speed and size of its production due to physical restrictions on the technology.

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But that could soon be changing, as research published Friday claims it’s cracked the code to printing large objects without a loss of printing speed.

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Innovations in 3d printing could revolutionize the way cars, planes and even homes are manufactured.

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Scientists reported on Thursday a new method for building these 3D printers that uses circulating fluorinated oil — which they describe as ‘liquid Teflon’ — to both keep the machine cool as well as create a shear force that keeps new layers of the material from sticking to the printer itself. Both of these physical limitations have previously hindered the progress of such additive technologies and without an effective solution, the resins […]

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