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[Teaching Tech’s] latest video discusses “3D printed Velcro.” But as even he admits, Velcro is a trademark, so we think it is more appropriate to talk about hook and loop fasteners.
Things are looking up for Outbound Aerospace’s quest to build a new kind of passenger airplane ... s based around the idea of using large, 3D-printed molds and jigs and tools to build the ...
The first commercial airplanes with 3D-printed parts were cleared for takeoff about 10 years ago. Today, nearly all aircraft contain at least one 3D printed part. The global aerospace 3D printing ...
Quasicrystals increase the strength of 3D-printed aluminum, the researchers discovered, making it possible to use in lightweight, high-strength objects such as airplane parts. Once thought ...
NIST says that understanding this aluminum on the atomic scale “will enable a whole new category of 3D-printed parts such as airplane components, heat exchangers and car chassis”. It will also open ...
The start-up, whose name is pronounced “speed 3D ... printed objects can’t match the strength, density, and durability of traditionally produced metal. Be it large boat hulls, airplane ...