However, metal parts are still required or preferred for numerous applications. 3D printers for metal parts have recently appeared on the market, initially for low volume, ultra-complex applications ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has drastically improved the uniformity and speed of metal parts manufacturing, but the printed parts are often plagued with ...

The alloy formed under the extreme conditions of metal 3D printing, a new way to make metal parts. Understanding this aluminum on the atomic scale will enable a whole new category of 3D-printed ...