Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, is a kind of technology that manufactures 15 solid parts based on model (CAD model) with layer-by-layer accumulation materials, which 16 allows AM to make flexible and customized designs product structures quickly accurately 17 transform design ideas into prototypes or even shorten time-to-market reduce costs, 18 irreplaceable advantages i...

The public funded project “AddSteel” aims to develop functionally adapted steel materials for additive manufacturing (AM). Based on the AM process laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), holistic chain, including alloy design, atomization, AM, and postheat treatment, is considered achieve this objective. Tool steels are usually characterized by higher carbon content limited weldability, leading process...

Additive manufacturing is expected to transform and upgrade the traditional foundry industry realize integrated rapid low-cost development of high-performance components with complex shapes. The additive technology commonly applied in casting mold preparation (fusible molds, sand molds/cores ceramic cores) mainly includes selective laser sintering (SLS) binder injection three-dimensional printi...

The global energy infrastructure is undergoing a drastic transformation towards renewable energy, posing huge challenges on the energy materials research, development and manufacturing. Additive manufacturing has shown its promise to change the way how future energy system can be designed and delivered. It offers capability in manufacturing complex 3D structures, with near-complete design freed...