The University of California San Diego announces that a team of engineers has developed and tested SAM2X5-630, a type of amorphous steel with a record-breaking ability to withstand impact without deforming permanently.
H.C. Starck, Newton, Mass., announces that it has joined the team at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Center for Heat Treating Excellence, an alliance between the industrial sector and university researchers that addresses short- and long-term needs in the heat treating and thermal processing industry.
This video from the Discovery and Science Channel shows how aluminum alloys are cast into wheels for automobiles.
The University of Southern California, Los Angeles, announces that a novel 3D-printing process called selective separation sintering has won the NASA competition for a technology that could enable space travelers to build structures of crushed basalt rock and regolith found on Mars.
The best part about 3D printing, according to our sailors, is that there are few limitations. The freedom to design and print what you need, when you need it (without waiting for the supply chain) can increase our warfighters’ mission readiness and combat capability. Hear from sailors, engineers, and scientists about why additive manufacturing is so important for the Navy’s mission.
