3D printing has been around for longer than most people think - the first 3D print was made in 1981 by Hideo Kodama. But 3D printing has come a long way since then, with prints being made at ...

Prolific Renaissance artist Michelangelo said, “The sculpture is already complete within the marble block before I start my work. … I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.” I wonder what ...

A team of Penn State researchers has used a new 3D-printing method to produce a complex metal build that was once only possible with welding: fusing two metals together into a single structure. Using ...

BMW Group brands 3D-print metal & plastic parts for some exclusive cars. Additive Manufacturing Campus near Munich features 50 metal & polymer printers. High cost of Laser Beam Melting means ...

Newly qualified M2 Tool Steel is a high-speed steel that is widely used for cutting tools Silicon carbide, a customer-qualified ceramic, is often used in aerospace applications Aluminum and Inconel ...

Generally, 3D metal printers work by laying down a bed of metal alloy powder, then sintering it with an electron beam or a laser in a pattern based on a digital file. A second layer is automatically ...

Most of our 3D printers lay down molten plastic or use photosensitive resin. But professional printers often use metal powder, laying out a pattern and then sintering it with a laser. [Metal Matters] ...

Scientists at EPFL have reimagined 3D printing by turning simple hydrogels into tough metals and ceramics. Their process allows multiple infusions of metal salts that form dense, high-strength ...

3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I focus on the industrialization of additive manufacturing. The supply chain disruptions of 2020 were a wake-up call for ...

BOSTON, May 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- After its initial commercialization in the 1990s, 3D printing metals has witnessed a flurry of interest in recent years. Key players have been quick to capitalize ...