Aluminum is one of the most useful metals in modern life. It is light, strong, affordable, and easy to recycle. That is why ...

Aluminum is prized for being lightweight and strong, but at high temperatures it loses strength. This has limited its use in ...

Rocket engineering is shifting from painstaking machining and welding to a world where engines and tanks emerge from printers ...

Rather, the challenge currently being posed by the leaders in the field of advanced manufacturing today is in whether metal ...

Different types of metal have different qualities, so combining them can result in items that outperform those made of any one metal. A new technique now allows such mixing to be performed by 3D ...

Welding is typically used to join two parts together, whether those parts be metal or plastic. There are various styles of welding, but we won’t go into those here. Casting is the act of pouring a ...

In the metal AM process, supports in anchor parts prevent distortion. Support structures are made of the same materials as the part and prevent distortion, but add considerable design and ...

Multi-material AM (MM-AM) combines the efficiency and flexibility of 3D printing with diverse material properties and complex geometries for enhanced functionalities. This technology allows for the ...