Nature Communications (May 2020)

Metal 3D printing as a disruptive technology for superalloys

  • Chinnapat Panwisawas,
  • Yuanbo T. Tang,
  • Roger C. Reed

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16188-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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3D printing can allow for the efficient manufacturing of elaborate structures difficult to realise conventionally without waste, such as the hollow geometries of nickel-based superalloy aeronautic components. To fully exploit this method, we must move towards new alloys and processes.