Prototypes are designed to test fit, form and function. 3D printing offers an efficient way to create functional prototypes. There are advantages to using prototypes created with production materials.

Advances in machine learning and shape-memory polymers are enabling engineers to design for mechanical performance first and ...

DLR has demonstrated the use of a 19.5-kHz sonotrode (slender silver cylinder at center of system above) to consolidate fibers impregnated with melted thermoplastic from pellets (storage and melting ...

Although 3D printing technology has progressed in leaps and bounds in recent years, most printers are still only capable of printing a solid object out of a single material. That's fine if you want to ...