3D printing leads to fabricating a shape memory alloy with increased superelasticity

Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries. Although this manufacturing technique is attractive for applications in the biomedical and aerospace fields, it has rarely showcased the superelasticity required for specific applications using nickel-titanium shape memory alloys. Defects generated and Read more about 3D printing leads to fabricating a shape memory alloy with increased superelasticity[…]

A super-elastic shape-memory properties in a material

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory has discovered extreme “bounce,” or super-elastic shape-memory properties in a material that could be applied for use as an actuator in the harshest of conditions, such as outer space, and might be the first in a whole new class of shape memory materials. Shape-memory materials “remember” their original Read more about A super-elastic shape-memory properties in a material[…]