3D Printing Energetic Materials

Full article: A Purdue team has taken advantage of the “boom“ of 3D printing to create a 3D-printed “boom“... energetic materials that can safely be deposited using any commercial 3D printer. By suspending aluminum in a fluoropolymer, and adjusting print speeds and layer heights, they can used fused deposition modeling to print pyrotechnics, explosives, and propellants safely and accurately. Next Offset is the company created by Jeff Rhoads, Emre Gunduz, George Chiu, Steve Son, Allison Murray, and Trevor Fleck: See also: 3D Printing Extremely Viscous Materials: Inkjet Printed Thermite: Please note: the print samples depicted in the photos/video are of inert material, for illustration purposes only.