At this level, most readers shall be aware of fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printers, and the way a plastic filament is pushed by a heater and deposited as liquid by a nozzle. Most of us additionally know that there are an enormous number of supplies that may be FDM printed, however there’s one which maybe evades us: you’ll be able to’t load a spool of metallic wire into your printer and print in metallic, or a minimum of you’ll be able to’t but. It’s one thing [Rotoforge] is engaged on, with a mission to make a scorching finish that may soften metallic. Their place to begin is a ceramic diesel engine glow plug, from which they anticipate 1300 C (2372 F).
The video under the break offers with the method of changing the glow plug, which principally means stripping off the metallic elements which make it a glow plug, after which delicately EDM drilling a gap by its ceramic tip. The video is effectively value a look ahead to the in-depth examination of how they developed the means to do that.
Sadly they aren’t on the level of printing metallic with this factor, however we expect the present progress is spectacular sufficient to have an excellent probability of working. Undoubtedly one to look at.
Earlier metallic 3D printers we’ve featured have usually used a MIG welder.
Thanks [theFinn] for the tip!