additive-manufacturing

AI-guided experiments identify low-power DED parameters for NASA’s GRCop-42 alloy

A three-person student team from the University of Melbourne has hot-fired a 3D printed regeneratively cooled liquid bipropellant rocket engine at Race2Space in the UK, taking first place in the competition’s liquid oxygen (LOX) bipropellant category. CSIRO, which supported the build through its Lab 22 additive manufacturing center, says it is the first regeneratively cooled…

Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe GmbH has been certified to ISO 9001:2015 following an audit by TÜV SÜD in which no non-conformities were identified. The certificate, No. G951 26 0419, is valid from 24 July 2026 to 23 July 2029 and covers the company’s quality management for the additive manufacturing of technical ceramics. The audit is…

America Makes Tackles AM Qualification Bottlenecks for Defense

Additive manufacturing of thermoplastic composites using fused deposition modeling (FDM) offers unparalleled geometric freedom and the ability to tailor reinforcement through short and continuous fiber architectures. However, the process inherently introduces mesoscopic defects, including 15-20% inter and intra-bead voids, weak interlayer bonding, and microcracking, which degrade mechanical and t…

Vat photopolymerization additive manufacturing enables fabrication of highly complex geometries but remains underutilized for thermal and mass transfer applications because of limited functional printable materials and experimentally validated device designs. This dissertation advances the application of vat photopolymerization through the development of microencapsulated phase change material co…