New Balance uses EOS industrial 3D-printing technology to additively manufacture individualized spike plates that improve runner performance
3D printed running shoes enhance performance
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.
Orion: Trial by Fire
Orion is Launched by a Delta IV Rocket to 3600 Miles Above Earth Orion’s first test flight was launched aboard a Delta IV heavy rocket on Dec. 5. After Orion completed one orbit, the upper stage fired again, and started a climb to 3600 miles above Earth. After reaching that altitude, equipment on board measured […]
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.