The only drawback? The cost of printing with liquid metal is about 100 times more than the plastic used in 3D printers. Here's a look at the printer in action: Read more: NC State, New Scientist ...

While many designers and engineers find success with 3D-printing parts in plastic for prototyping and low-volume production, producing parts out of metal using similar technology has recently led ...

A new breed of low-cost, desktop 3D printers that print metal parts from easy-to-use metal filament may ease supply chain woes.

In an experiment that sounds about as safe as bobbing for fries, ESA carried out the first-ever 3D metal printing in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Built with Airbus, the ...

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, of metals uses a direct energy source, such as a laser or electron beam, to alloy powders, but has succeeded for only a few metals. Often, large columnar ...

Printing metal is also expensive, slow, and energy intensive. Most important, printed objects can’t match the strength, density, and durability of traditionally produced metal.

Desktop Metal revealed pricing and other details for its 3D printers today which can make objects out of hundreds of different alloys including steel, aluminum, titanium and copper.

3D printing metal has been somewhat of a holy grail for the last decade in the hobby 3DP scene. We’ve seen a number of solutions, including using expensive filaments that incorporate metal into ...

Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the 3D metal printer project and see it in action. Once the 3D metal printed object is fired in a kiln, your design will be composed of high ...