Forger3D

We are looking for universities, or individual metallurgists, chemists, material scientists and physicists to collaborate on researching new materials that we can 3D print: metals, ceramics, glasses, and Metal-Matrix-Composites (MMCs). You can use SPD to 3D print metals, glass, ceramics, and metal-ceramic composites. The printer itself is material agnostic, and can pour any powder that flows through a small hole.

There 2 main methods: infilling and sintering. 1. Infilling produces a solid object, and can work with any material combinations where the infill material has lower melting temperature than the powder. 2. Sintering produces a porous object. Also, the object shrinks when it's sintered. The shrinkage and porosity depends on the powder material, powder size and the baking temperature.

This method can be used with a powder of pretty much any material, or a mixture of different materials. Different materials require different baking temperatures and atmospheres. For example, glass can be baked in an oxidizing atmosphere, such as air.