Lighter vehicles can travel farther on less energy, driving demand for lighter automotive components. High-performance aluminum alloys, such as alloy 7075, are among the lightest and strongest options ...

When Ford began building the F-150 with mostly aluminum bodies in 2014, the popular truck slimmed down by about 700 pounds. That change was designed to improve gas mileage and save money at the fuel ...

Material engineers have created a patent-pending process to develop ultrahigh-strength aluminum alloys that are suitable for additive manufacturing because of their plastic deformability. They have ...

The study demonstrates that aluminum manufacturing scrap can be transformed into metal alloys through a new method called solid phase alloying that perform on par with identical materials produced ...

The industrial production of titanium alloys has always been plagued by challenges associated with quality and waste management. Engineering scientists from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU ...

Designing alloys for additive manufacturing opens opportunities for next-generation biomedical orthopaedic implants. However, most biomedical alloys currently in use are legacy compositions that ...

Additive manufacturing of stainless steel alloys harnesses advanced techniques—in particular laser powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition—to fabricate complex geometries with minimal ...