UAVs Increasingly Using Laser Sintering

Credit: Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems
Selective laser sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing process that is an offshoot of stereo lithography from the 1980s. By scanning cross sections of a part in a 3D computer design, engineers are able to use high-power lasers to fuse powdered materials to make the actual part. Unmelted powder...

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