Heat Exchangers
Zeiss Evaluates Additive Manufacturing Methods for Oil, Gas Industry
Alliance is researching additive manufacturing of value and critical components of Brazil’s oil and gas industry for onshore and offshore environments.
Read MorePhotopolymer Printers, Open Access Software Enable New Applications
The company’s printer versions are tailored for specific-use cases, giving users the power to develop new advanced materials.
Read MoreDirected Energy Deposition (DED) Error Turns Nozzle Into Chess Piece — AM: Why the Failure? #3
Chess pieces are often 3D printed as demo parts, but this one was an accident! What happened? The answer involves heat transfer.
WatchLighter, Better-Performing Brake Rotor From 3D Printing: The Cool Parts Show #27
Additive manufacturing with an aluminum/ceramic composite enables a brake rotor with one-third the weight and five times the heat transfer of a typical rotor. We talk to the inventor on this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
WatchDigital Metal Adds Pure Copper to Metal Binder Jetting System
Thermal and conductive properties of pure copper open new 3D printing possibilities within many industries.
Read MoreIs a Gel Bath the Key to Scalable, Affordable 3D Printed Ceramics?
3D printed polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) could find wider application through a process developed at the University of Texas at Dallas that extrudes preceramic material in a self-healing bath for support through printing and curing.
Watch3D Systems Chosen for Army Novel Thermal Application Project
Research seeks to create topologically optimized heat exchangers that will enable disruptive advancements in U.S. Army munitions technology.
Read MorePorsche Advances Electrification with Generative Design
The sports car manufacturer achieves weight savings and assembly consolidation using additive manufacturing instead of casting for an electric drive housing.
Read MoreThe Case for Tackling the Toughest Material First
The increasing speed and power of high-end processors and data centers has created a market for advanced thermal management solutions. A Silicon Valley startup called Holo is dedicating its first line of products toward this market, starting with 3D-printed copper heat exchangers.
Read MoreDesktopMetal Introduces Pure Copper for its Studio System
Unlike laser-based processes (which often print chromium zirconium copper), the Studio System’s Bound Metal Deposition process is able to print pure copper, unlocking the full benefits of the material.
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