The new material, created by spraying a tantalum coating on stainless steel, can withstand extreme conditions inside fusion reactors. This advancement enables more efficient fusion reactors that are ...

Sierra Army Depot’s (SIAD) Metal Fabrication branch completed operator training on January 16, 2025, with their new VRC Dragonfly cold spray unit. This advanced capability enables Sierra to repair ...

The insides of nuclear fusion reactors are violent and chaotic places. A new cold-spray coating can take the heat and also trap some rogue hydrogen particles at the same time, potentially making for ...

Cold spray additive manufacturing company Titomic Limited is using its technology to produce advances in Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) for lithium-ion battery (LIB) electrode manufacturing. According ...

Most coatings have a functional purpose as well as a decorative one. Paint protects a car's body against the elements while adding razzle-dazzle to its appearance. Some coatings, though, are mainly ...

Rockwell B-1 Lancer bombers are seen in a boneyard at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI For decades, U.S ...

The Australian Navy is researching cold spray, a form of additive manufacturing, to repair submarines. The tech blasts surfaces with tiny bits of metal at high speed, binding it to a surface. The ...

Many new materials have been developed, but steel remains the principal construction material for automobiles, appliances, and industrial machinery. Because of steel's vulnerability to attack by ...