One of the limitations of 3D metal printing is that it only works with a handful of metals. "High-strength aluminum alloys are almost impossible to print," says NIST physicist Fan Zhang, a co ...

Small cylindrical parts are often formed through deep drawing — a process by which a punch forms the finished piece from a flat sheet of metal using ... enough to use 3D printed dies.

Researchers at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Faculty of Engineering and Science will soon release a three-dimensional (3D) metal printer that is cheaper, smaller, and easier to use ...