To make small shapes in metal, 3D printing is a far quicker method compared to metal cutting. The latter is a subtractive process, the book Introduction to Plastics Engineering (2018) explains ...

I’ve always thought that there are three things you can do with metal: cut it, bend it ... I had heard that you could 3D-print wax patterns instead of carving them by hand, but the best machine ...

New pliable materials have come up to penetrate metal surfaces and the industry has advanced to cater to the needs of commercial and mass printing ... using a laser cutting tool unlike the ...

The world of metal 3D printing has been in flux this past year ... The deal came two years after the once white-hot Desktop Metal cut staff by 12%. Markforged had its own struggles this past ...