{"id":175595,"date":"2023-11-07T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/lasers-allow-fine-tuning-of-3d-printed-metals-without-heating-beating"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T02:25:07","slug":"lasers-allow-fine-tuning-of-3d-printed-metals-without-heating-beating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/lasers-allow-fine-tuning-of-3d-printed-metals-without-heating-beating","title":{"rendered":"Lasers allow fine-tuning of 3D-printed metals without \u201cheating &amp; beating\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/lasers-allow-fine-tuning-of-3d-printed-metals-without-heating-beating.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has developed a new technique that uses high-energy lasers to fine tune the properties of 3D-printed metal without compromising the complex shapes it forms.<\/p>\n<p>Additive or 3D printing is proving an increasingly powerful tool for engineering and manufacturing, but it\u2019s far from a panacea. In fact, it often has some major drawbacks that require new approaches to overcome.<\/p>\n<p>3D printing metal usually involves a machine that lays down thin layers of metal alloy in the form of a fine powder. This layer is then melted or sintered using a laser or electron beam guided by a digital model, then another layer is added. When the printing is complete, the excess powder is swept away, revealing the final product.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has developed a new technique that uses high-energy lasers to fine tune the properties of 3D-printed metal without compromising the complex shapes it forms. Additive or 3D printing is proving an increasingly powerful tool for engineering and manufacturing, but it\u2019s far from a panacea. In [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}