3D Printing News – 3D Printing With Liquid Breakthrough

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Bill Decker

The most common types of 3D printing involve either extruding melted plastic or using a laser to solidify tiny particles, layer by layer, to slowly build up a solid object. But researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National…

NASA Approves 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Injector

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Bill Decker

3D printing a rocket? Sounds like science fiction, but it’s happening. And this 3D-printed rocket part passed a key NASA test – hot-fire trials. The part was printed in part thanks to the capability of printing liquid metals – and…

3D Printing Liquid Metals

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Bill Decker

Researchers at North Carolina State University have come up with a way to 3D print liquid metals and keep their new form. A syringe pushes out the metals, liquid at room temperature, and the metals are covered in an oxide…

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3D Printing News – 3D Printing With Liquid Breakthrough

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