Super-alloy Produces Defect-Free 3D Printed Parts
Adobe Stock A new class of metals is compatible with 3D printing processes for use in high-performance applications for space, energy, and nuclear industries. Researchers have discovered a new class of super-alloys that solves a common problem with metal 3D-printed parts for high-performance applications—the tendency to crack and have deformations that render them unusable. Tresa Pollock, a professor of materials and associate dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara, led a team that discovered a new class of nickel-based 3D ...