December 9, 2021 Leave a Comment A team of Russian researchers from the The National University of Science and Technology MISiS Catalyst laboratory in Moscow have announced the development of a new process that can print multiple metals on the same printer. According to the university press release, this new technology will open up a whole new smorgasbord of printable alloys, allowing a veritable “additive periodic table” of metallic elements to choose from. This is pretty big news, as generally speaking, as metals from different groups have different printing requirements, and therefore the machine needs to be reconfigured significantly when switching between metals. Using a metal printer from local Russian company Addsol, the researchers optimized the printer so that it is now capable of printing a vast range of metals both reactive and non-reactive, and even at the same time, allowing engineers to create a whole palette of alloys. This… read more