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Controlling Porosity in 3D Printing with Activated Carbon
Researchers are getting even more in-depth with the study of materials and 3D printing with metal in the recently published, ‘ Activated Carbon in the Third Dimension—3D Printing of a Tuned Porous Carbon .’ Seeking to create hierarchically structured porous...
3-D Printing and the Race for Space
July 2019 marked the 50-year anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. While the world has seen incredible technological and scientific strides since then, the broader space industry has been in stealth mode—exploring what’s possible, and what’s next, for humankind...
3DPOD Episode 12: Formalloy’s Melanie Lang: LMD Metal 3D Printing
This time we have a lively and fun discussion with Melanie Lang the Founder of Formalloy. Formalloy is a start up in the DED arena, a metal 3D printing technology that can be used to make large metal structures of a few meters or more. We spoke about how DED is being...
AddSteel project developing new alloy powders for 3D printing
German regional state government North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is backing the AddSteel R&D project, which is intended to “digitalize” the steel industry. Coordinated by SMS Group, a plant engineering company based in Mönchengladbach, this project, due to be...
Stainless Steel Powder Invented to Simplify Metal 3D Printing
Researchers in Austria have developed a steel powder that allows even complex components to be fabricated using 3D printing, providing more design freedom without compromising the stability of the finished products. A team led by Mateusz Skalon, a professor in the TU...
BASF Ultrafuse 316L – Metal filament for industrial 3D printing
With Ultrafuse 316L, BASF 3D Printing Solutions launches an innovative metal-polymer composite for Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) into the market. It enables the safe, simple, and cost-efficient production of fully metal parts for prototypes, metal tooling, and...
Old technology is used to produce metal powders for the latest 3D printers
The water atomization process, where a molten metal stream is disintegrated by multiple waterjets. The angle determines the efficiency of the atomization process. Source: Fundamentals of Powder Metallurgy, Metal Powders Industries Federation. I never gave much thought...
Technology Spotlight: Water-based AM system
New additive manufacturing process uses water-based metal paste Additive manufacturing (AM) is a novel process that creates parts by building upward from a base, layer by layer, until a complete form is finished. It is a process that traditionally has been viewed as a...
3D Printed Stainless Steel Microreactor
International researchers are exploring the creation of microreactors in ‘ Simple 3D printed stainless steel microreactors for online mass spectrometric analysis .’ In this study, they analyze the functionality of a stainless steel microreactor, using an inverse...
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