Sounds interesting and a more flexible process than SLS (selective laser sintering) that’s been used to additively make metal parts for some time. This could have some clear advantages for sustainment of military equipment if they could make metal parts as needed rather than having to spare and supply them.
Of course it’s just a matter of time before some idiot starts talking about cold-spraying himself up a lower receiver for an AR-15...
The chicoms will have it shortly after it is successful.
Love this article. I am past sleepy, so I was thinking...
A cold spray additive, like Afrin.
Some articles might need a blonde alert tag.
It was far more interesting than any decongestive nose spray article.
So much for thinking gray hair might negate the blonde moments.
Interesting article. I’d not heard of this additive process before.
The Wiki article says there is good deposition efficiency, but they don’t provide a number. It also says material that does not adhere to the substrate can be reused. I wonder how the characteristics of rebounded, unadhered particles change and it hose changes affect their deposition in their next shot through the nozzle.