Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has boomed
over the last 30 years, and its use has accelerated during the last 5 years. AM is a materials …

Abstract Since the first Industrial Revolution the trends in manufacturing have evolved a lot,
from mechanical production to the era of smart manufacturing via technologies like Cyber …

Wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology was used for the fabrication of
NiTiTa (2.5 at.% Ta) shape memory alloys (SMAs) for the first time, using commercialy …

The concept of four-dimensional (4D) printing emerged from the addition of the time
dimension into the more established additive manufacturing (AM) methods, namely 3D …

In this work, we show that selective laser melting (SLM), apart from producing complex
structures, can also act as a metallurgical method to modify the Ni/Ti ratio of NiTi shape …

The ability of shape memory alloys (SMAs) to recover inelastic strains larger than any other
metallic alloy has prompted their use in a wide range of applications. However, for the most …

Soft robotics is an emerging field of robotics that focuses on the design of soft machines and
devices with effective human-machine interaction, high conformity, and environmental …

NiTi alloys have recently attracted significant attention in aerospace and biomedical
applications due to their excellent properties such as high corrosion resistance, proper …

Shape memory alloys (SMAs), such as Nitinol (ie, NiTi), are of great importance in
biomedical and engineering applications due to their unique superelasticity and shape …

This study evaluates the anisotropic tensile properties of Ni 50.1 Ti 49.9 (in at%)
components fabricated using an additive manufacturing (AM) process of selective laser …