Additive manufacturing is changing the possibilities for working with ceramics. Julia Hider and Peter Zelinski take stock of this, discussing various 3D printing processes making use of ceramic material and various applications benefiting from this. This leads to a conversation about the cases where additive is providing an alternative to casting.

 

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Mentioned on this episode:

• Deka Research 3D printed component in Mar M 247
• Chaos Ultra-Car ceramic piston made with XJet material jetting
• Hyperion 3D printing of tungsten carbide via binder jetting
• GE Additive/Kennametal partnership around binder jetting of tungsten carbide
• Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation and silicon carbide 3D printing for micro reactors
• 3D printing in clay by MadeXBinary
• 3D printed ceramic implant able to substitute for bone
• Aristo Cast ceramic forms used to make complex metal castings
• Alloy Enterprises and sheet lamination of aluminum
• Eaton's conversation of cast parts to AM