solid state printing
MELD Delivers K2 3D Printer to NIAR as Part of Research Collaboration Agreement
Virginia-based MELD Manufacturing Corporation, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of large-scale metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, entered into a research collaboration agreement with the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 22, 2022: Sustainability, Batteries, & More
We start with a metal AM sustainability report in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then a new 3D printing process that offers novel energy storage design options. The Navy…
Metal 3D Printing at IMTS 2022 with 6K Additive, AddUp, Fabrisonic, Formalloy, & Xact Metal
There was so much to do and see at IMTS in Chicago this year, with nine specific pavilions on topics like controls and CAD-CAM, quality assurance, metal removal, additive manufacturing,…
3D Printing News Unpeeled: 3D Printed Solid State Polymer Electrolytes
YoutTuber Cranktown City is making a desktop glass bead sintering 3D printer, Design company Nagami is using six axis robots to make beautiful objects. A paper from Nature Materials by…
3D Printed Solid State Lithium Batteries: Safer, Less Expensive, Higher Energy Density
There’s nothing worse on Christmas morning than when your kid opens a present to find a shiny, noisy, lights-blinking toy with the words “BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED” stamped across the front…
Fabrisonic’s Whitepaper on Metal 3D Printed Heat Exchangers for NASA JPL
Founded in 2011, Ohio-based Fabrisonic uses its hybrid metal 3D printing process, called Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM), to merge layers of metal foil together in a solid-state thanks to high frequency ultrasonic…
Ultrasonic 3D Printing Allows for Electronics to be Embedded in Metal via Sound
A machine’s sensors take a beating during its lifetime. They can degrade over their lifetime of use due to force, corrosion, or the simple wear of everyday usage. It may…