Tech News 1: An alternative low-cost technique to produce metal powders for 3D printing

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Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, creates objects by addition of material, layer by layer. A major source material for AM is metal powder, which is predominantly produced using a technique called atomization, in which a molten metal stream is broken up into fine droplets using air or water jets. However, despite its widespread use, atomization returns poor yield, is expensive, and is inflexible in the types of materials it can handle. A team of researchers at the Indian...

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