While 3D printing has mostly involved plastic so far, future materials, including one harder than steel, could make a huge ...

Our current level of technological development does not allow us to build things in space. In the best-case scenario, we are capable of assembling stuff in orbit, but the actual build of structures ...

Freeform has developed a 3D printing system called GoldenEye that is specifically optimized for metalworking. According to the company, it uses 18 lasers to make parts from metal powder. Built-in ...

Among the more than 8,000 lb (3,600 kg) of cargo that blasted off from Cape Canaveral on the 30th of January, bound for the International Space Station, were two firsts: the world’s first metal 3D ...

AI models are designing new metal alloys that have been 3D-printed and tested in the lab. The results are then fed back into ...

Desktop Metal, a billion-dollar start-up, promised to revolutionize manufacturing. It went bankrupt, and now has much humbler ...

WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Markforged Holding Corporation (MKFG), the company strengthening manufacturing resiliency by enabling industrial production at the point of need, ...

The Apollo 13 moon mission didn't go as planned. After an explosion blew off part of the spacecraft, the astronauts spent a harrowing few days trying to get home. At one point, to keep the air ...

In a move designed to expand access to affordable metal 3D printing for small- to medium-sized manufacturers and to decentralize additive manufacturing, Xact Metal has introduced new metal powders. In ...

Are you planning on producing metal parts? If this is the case, there are a couple of machining processes you could potentially employ. Requesting a CNC machining quote is a great example of this, but ...

High costs of powdered metals and the need for 3D printing/additive manufacturing equipment that can accommodate these materials are challenges that are being met by Rochester Institute of Technology ...

Shop System Forust Edition is the first commercially available 3D printing system to process upcycled sawdust into functional, end-use wood parts using high-speed binder jetting technology Based on ...