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Durability is a critical characteristic of the materials used to produce industrial machinery, marine vessels, aircraft and medical devices. For these applications, manufacturers rely on a particular type of stainless steel known as 17-4 PH due to its remarkably strong and corrosion-resistant properties.
New breakthroughs have been made by a research group headed by Tao Sun associate professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Virginia.
Additive manufacturing can now be used to produce stainless steel material robust enough for aerospace, nuclear energy, and shipbuilding industries.
The new findings could help producers of 17-4 PH parts use 3D printing to cut costs and increase their manufacturing flexibility.
The new findings could help producers of 17-4 PH parts use 3D printing to cut costs and increase their manufacturing flexibility.