Materials used in the fields of aerospace, automobiles, medical equipment and defense need to withstand extremely harsh environments. Small flaws in the materials, i.e. cracks, can lead to ...

When it comes to additive manufacturing, advanced simulation techniques have become essential, particularly for processes like laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and directed energy deposition (DED). In ...

Mechanical parts in industrial machinery and structures that develop thinning or cracks need to be replaced with new ones. In recent years, attempts to repair them have been considered, in order to ...

If you wanted to 3D print an object that was magnetic in some areas only, you'd typically have to print two separate items out of different metals, then join them together. A new take on an existing ...

In recent years, additive manufacturing technology has attracted considerable attention from various stakeholders. Among the different techniques, Arc wire-based direct energy deposition (DED) has ...

Design for Directed Energy Deposition 303 covers the basics of directed energy deposition (DED) and important considerations for DED design. DED is a metal additive manufacturing (AM) process that is ...