When engineers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory set out to improve industrial-scale 3D printing, they did more than solve a technical problem — they helped launch a company, support American manufacturing and accelerate innova
To meet the growing demand for faster scientific discovery that strengthens bioeconomy, plant scientists worked with manufacturing systems engineers at ORNL to develop robotics and computer vision to accelerate the development of new stress-tolerant pla
Scott Smith, section head in the Manufacturing Science Division at ORNL, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his national leadership in manufacturing and his contributions to improving machine tool system performance and the manu
Researchers at the University of Maine and ORNL have combined insights into a new way to dry non-aggregated cellulose nanofiber.
ORNL has developed an innovative extrusion system that combines multiple 3D-printing extruders into a single, high-output stream via specially designed nozzles.
ORNL has released a new version of its advanced slicing software, ORNL Slicer 2, which accelerates and simplifies the creation of large 3
Lincoln Electric and DOE's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL partnered to solve scientific challenges and expand market opportunities for robotic large-scale metal additive manufacturing.
American industries face months-long waits for forged and cast metal parts from overseas, slowing innovation in areas vital to the nation’s energy, infrastructure and security.
A team of ORNL researchers has received the Editor’s Choice Award from the American Ceramics Society for a study on the effectiveness of using advanced ceramics and 3D printing to build high-temperature heat exchangers.