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dc.title: Beyond the Solid Raft: Geometric Strategies to Prevent Build Plate Bowing In CuCrZr L-PBF dc.description.abstract: Build plate bowing in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) presents a major challenge when printing copper and its alloys, due to their high reflectivity and thermal conductivity. These conditions often cause dimensional inaccuracies and degrade structural properties—especially …

Meltio announced their participation in a new European project to develop a new steel alloy. The post Meltio Joins SUMMSEED Project to Develop Sustainable Medium Manganese Steel appeared on Fabbaloo .

A team at King’s College London has created a powerful new aluminum compound capable of doing the work of expensive rare metals. Its unique triangular structure gives it remarkable stability and reactivity, allowing it to drive chemical reactions in ways never seen before. The discovery could lead to greener and far more affordable industrial processes. It may even enable the creation of entirely…

SUMMSEED, a new European project funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel, has launched to develop medium manganese steels for mining and heavy industry using industrial casting and laser-wire directed energy deposition. Coordinated by the Technical University of Catalonia · BarcelonaTech, a public university in Spain, the project brings together partners across the…

A grain boundary embrittlement genome for substitutional cubic alloys Tuchinda, Nutth; Olson, Gregory B; Schuh, Christopher A Grain boundary chemistry plays a critical role for the properties of metals and alloys, yet there is a lack of consistent datasets for alloy design and development. With the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning in materials science, open materials models …

Hello, Do all of aluminum bars (or load cells) made from the same type of aluminum (i.e high purity aluminum or different types of aluminum alloys) share the same exact compressive strength or are there variations in compressive strength even among the same type of aluminum like high purity... Read more

The field of solidification has evolved from metallurgical alchemy to a predictive science over the past century. Our particular focus is on metals and their alloys, whose thermophysical properties tend to differ distinctively from that of organic systems. Rapid advances in modeling efforts and real-time experiments have yielded a wealth of new and quantitative information across relevant length-…

Nature Communications, Published online: 24 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72261-7 An additively manufactured medium entropy alloy with hierarchical ordering maintains high strength and ductility from 77 to 873 K, offering a pathway to structural materials capable of reliable performance across wide temperature ranges.

Bright Laser Technologies (BLT), a Chinese metal additive manufacturing company, collaborated in the development of smartphone manufacturer OPPO’s Find N6 foldable smartphone by producing titanium 3D printed hinge components used to improve display flatness and minimize creasing. The project followed BLT’s earlier work on the hinge system for the OPPO Find N5 and focused on…

Copper alloys have long been among the most coveted yet most difficult materials in additive manufacturing. Their extraordinary thermal and electrical properties make them indispensable for aerospace, electronics, and advanced energy systems, but their high reflectivity to near-infrared lasers has historically caused defects, instability, and scalability constraints. Chinese 3D printer manufactur…

Nature Communications, Published online: 23 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72037-z This paper introduces a simulation platform for predicting fatigue life in metals with linkages to the underlying microstructure by integrating physics-based multiscale modeling, ML and ICME, demonstrating capability through physical validation.

Data-Driven Design of Recycling-Friendly Aluminium Alloys Montanelli, Luca Francesco Improving material efficiency through the increased use of secondary material is an unambiguous goal for the aluminium industry. The main barrier in achieving this is the compositional mismatch between scrap and alloy. Among the many approaches to address this, one promising direction is to design alloys that com…

Nature, Published online: 22 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10430-w Re–Co–Ta–B bulk metallic glasses have high strength, fracture toughness and thermal stability, combining traditionally exclusive properties of metals and ceramics.

Charles R. Goulding and Aaron Rofe examine how US Forged Rings’ massive North Carolina investment signals a new era of vertically integrated, US-based manufacturing. The post Forging the Future: USFR’s US$875 Million Bet on American Steel appeared on Fabbaloo .

Abstract: Is it HELP or HEDE? This seminar discusses hydrogen embrittlement in Ni and Ni-based alloys. Two recent experiments suggest that the mechanism is not localized plasticity (HELP), but rather a decohesion-type mechanism (HEDE) linked to metastable nickel hydrides. Evidence from in situ deformation and neutron diffraction supports the role of grain boundary hydrides in […]

Researchers unveiled an LPBF aluminum alloy that stays strong and creep resistant up to 400C with no heat treatment. The post LPBF Aluminum Alloy Adds Heat Resistance And Ductility appeared on Fabbaloo .

I'm 12 and i theorized on a new alloy and was wondering if it is actually practical, it would be mainly used for blades such as Japanese Katanas as it's first inspiration. I originally got this alloy from me questioning if soda can lids were sharp. This alloy has a titanium core/base that i... Read more

Researchers have embedded working multilayer strain sensors inside LPBF titanium, suggesting that self-monitoring metal parts are getting closer. The post Researchers Embed Working Strain Sensors In LPBF Titanium appeared on Fabbaloo .

Nature Communications, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71932-9 A confined two-dimensional Laves unit is isolated and identified in an Mg alloy, which is only one unit-cell thick, revealing how interfacial strain limits its growth and providing new insight into the formation and stability of Laves phases.

Gallium has revealed unexpected behavior that challenges decades-old assumptions about its liquid structure. A metal that can melt in your hand has just surprised scientists again. Gallium, first identified in 1875, already stands out for its strange behavior. It melts at about 30°C (86°F), meaning it can liquefy in a warm room or even in [...]