Laser-based manufacturing and materials processing technology has proven to be a well-established and cutting-edge technology ...

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

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 ...

QuesTek has been awarded first place in the AM Bench 2025 modelling competition for its CHAL-AMB2025-08: Phase Transformation ...

Researchers observed how metal microstructures evolve during 3D printing, offering insights to improve strength, reliability, and design of advanced components. In a form of additive manufacturing, ...

The figure shows the evolution of the microstructure of the melt pool under the influence of the simulated transient temperature field. Nucleated grains are represented in pink-purple plots, while ...

In the Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) process, metal powder is selectively melted and solidified layer by layer using a laser ...

High-temperature creep and oxidation-resistant metallic alloys are pivotal in various high-performance applications, ...

Artificial intelligence has just helped push one of the world’s most familiar metals into unfamiliar territory. By teaming ...