The March 2025 issue of Advanced Materials & Processes magazine has an editorial focus on Additive Manufacturing.
Advanced Materials & Processes, Volume 183, Issue 2, March 2025 (ASM International)
Ski wax secrets: What makes you glide faster?
In this video, dive into the materials science of ski waxes, exploring the transition from PFAS-based formulations to innovative bio-based and nonfluorinated alternatives, their environmental impact, and the cutting-edge chemistry behind glide performance, hydrophobicity, and the importance of surface morphology.
Examining recoater damage: How Alloyed is addressing the challenge
Phase3D, Chicago, Ill., is working with commercial part manufacturer, Alloyed in the UK, to characterize part and build quality and determine how anomalies in a build cause defects in a part using the Fringe in-situ inspection system.
Shenango engineering faculty to explore fatigue behaviors in 3D-printed material
The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded $445,515 to a team including researchers at Penn State Shenango, Sharon, Pa., and Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, to explore the fatigue behavior of 3D-printed materials.
UKBIC opens new advanced battery development laboratory
The UK Battery Industrialization Center, United Kingdom, opened its new upgraded and extended Battery Development Laboratory, greatly increased the facility’s capabilities in key areas of battery materials characterization, cell analysis, and forensic activities.