3-D printed steel forges new possibilities for Army
Channel: U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Date: 2019-02-28

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 27, 2019) -- Soldiers needing replacement parts may turn to 3-D printers in the future to rapidly deliver reliable and ultra-strong metal parts. Army researchers are looking at new technologies to create steel alloy parts from powder using a laser.

At the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory, materials manufacturing scientists say this technology may change everything.