Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) became the first to 3D-print large rotating steam turbine blades for generating energy in power plants. Led by partner Siemens Technology, the U.S. research and development hub of Siemens AG, the project demonstrates that wire arc additive manufacturing is viable for the scalable production […]

Lithoz and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to use Lithoz’s 3D printing technology to further explore the processing and additive manufacturing of non-oxide ceramics. Based on Laser-Induced Slipcasting (LIS) technology, the Lithoz 3D printer uses laser slurry drying, or net shaping, technology to […]

Here’s an unusual application for 3D printing—printing a nuclear reactor core. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working on a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core. The approach to the Transformational Challenge Reactor Demonstration Program’s leverages advances from ORNL in manufacturing, materials, nuclear science, nuclear engineering, high-performance computing, data analytics and related […]