It remains to be seen how successful Arconic will be with its 3D printing initiatives, including the new metal powder plant, or how large a portion of its overall business they'll comprise. Its ...

Engineers at MIT have taken a metal that usually trades strength for lightness and pushed it into an entirely new class, ...

Last week I went to the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) and it was incredible. This is a toy store for machinists and showcases the best of industrial automation. But one of the ...

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 ...

As a US Marine Corps combat engineer serving in Iraq, Jim Monroe used MacGyver-like hacks to repair mine rollers. Meant to detonate and clear mines, these heavy studded wheels are mounted on the ...

The ergonomically friendly 2-liter bottle will be a manageable weight of about 20 pounds – the average weight of a watermelon – when loaded with stainless steel The X1 Powder Grip easily locks into ...

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 ...

ROCK HILL, S.C., July 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 3D Systems (NYSE: DDD) today announced it has been awarded a $15 million contract by the Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory ...

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 ...

At this point, it’s safe to say the novelty of desktop 3D printing has worn off. The community has largely come to terms with the limitations of extruded plastics, and while we still vehemently ...

Development collaboration to focus on cemented carbide (WC-Co), used in cutting tools and wear-resistant parts, and tungsten-copper (W-Cu), used in high-voltage electrical applications GTP uses the ...