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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3D printing may be a breakthrough technology, but it isn’t sustainable. Most printers still rely on petroleum-based plastics, ...

Students at ETH Zurich have developed a multi-metal 3D printing process that can produce rocket engine components in days ...

Taking a cue from the structural complexity of trees and bones, engineers have created a way to 3D-print two types of steel in the same circular layer using two welding machines. The resulting ...

Discover why manufacturers are replacing traditional injection molding with 3D printed TPU to reduce tooling costs, speed up production, and improve flexibility.

One-pot recipes make preparing meals quick and easy. And one-pot 3D-printing could do the same for additive manufacturing. Now, researchers publishing in ACS Central Science have demonstrated a new ...

Researchers have been trying to find new ways to produce and replicate the various useful features observed in nature. Fine hairs and fibers, which are ubiquitous in nature, are useful for various ...

The U.S. Navy says it has welded and installed its first 3D-printed metal part on a nuclear submarine, a step that could ...

Vat photopolymerization is a 3D printing technique in which a light-sensitive resin is poured into a vat, and then selectively hardened into a desired shape using a laser or UV light. But this process ...

Xolography is a novel light printing technique that has been explored for dental products and in-space manufacturing. At Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), this technique has now been adapted ...

Metal additive manufacturing unlocks complex designs and scalable production, placing 3D printing at the center of the ...

For anyone getting annoyed at how long their 3D printed project is taking, this simple pattern update could help speed up the ...