Hogänäs AB, Sweden, announces that it has added two new Digital Metal 3D printers to its print fleet, which now consists of four precision printers.
A heart of gold? Try platinum
A platinum-chromium alloy makes coronary stents stronger, more flexible and resistant to corrosion wins award from ASM International.
Composite materials replace titanium on Orion space capsule
TenCate Advanced Composites North America, Fairfield, Ca., developed a heat resistant composite for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin Orion multi-purpose crew vehicle.
Tungsten-chromium-iron PM alloy has hardness of 21 GPa
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, announces that researchers have developed a tungsten-chromium-iron powder metallurgy alloy that could replace depleted uranium in armor-piercing projectiles.
3D printer builds first object in space
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., announces that an object has been additively manufactured in space for the first time.