Fabrication of large aerostructures using composite materials typically requires a mold made with a metallic material with a low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) so as to minimize distortion of ...

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The architecture, engineering and construction industries involve giant concrete molds that are expensive, slow to manufacture and often only used a few times before being disposed.

An additive manufacturing mold, left, and the car hood from which it was made. (Photo: Photo courtesy of ORNL, U.S. Department of Energy) You want a new car, but you're tired of buying a generic ...

Listening to talking heads on a computer screen for six hours from your home office isn’t the norm when it comes to attending trade conferences. Neither is an all-female speaker lineup focusing on ...

In an article recently published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, researchers discussed an innovative post-processing method to improve casting molds made by binder jetting additive ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2016 - The Energy Department’s (DOE) Wind Program and Advanced Manufacturing Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and others plan to ...

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The polymer additive manufacturing research team at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN, US) reports that it has ...

Metal foams, also called cellular materials, are metallic bodies with interdispersed voids called cells. They have a reputation for high strength, low density, and absorbing impact. This combination ...

The Fraunhofer ILT and MacLean-Fogg have jointly produced a complex die casting tool inlay using Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB/M). The specially developed L-40 tool steel enables the additive ...

There is a big difference in additive manufacturing for R&D, marketing or profit. Most people don’t understand the difference or know what is really going on behind the scenes. Creating industrial ...