A team of researchers from the University of Virginia, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has made a breakthrough in the field of additive manufacturing that could ...

Engineers have succeeded in fabricating a nickel single crystal with only a very few crystalline defects by irradiating nickel powder with a large-radius, flat-top laser beam (i.e., a laser beam whose ...

Researchers have resolved a long-standing debate surrounding laser additive manufacturing processes with a pioneering approach to defect detection. Researchers from EPFL have resolved a long-standing ...

The continued and rapid growth in the demand for components produced by the generative part manufacturing process, also known as laser additive manufacturing, has been a key driver in the decision by ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) processes can be employed in the precise manufacture of extremely complex components. Image Credit: Bettersize Instruments Ltd. The process is also customizable and, ...

Prototype “Atlas” additive manufacturing tool announced at Paris Air Show, to debut at Formnext in November. GE's new SLM will be able to make 3D print aviation parts up to 1m in diameter. Engineering ...

An essential part of industrial product development is the manufacture of prototypes and initial samples, irrespective of whether the product is the complex part of an airplane or a simple screw. To ...