Micro laser sintering

Focus On Technology: 3D Printing, What Is It Really? Part Deux

This article I focuses on Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), which utilizes a high-powered laser to heat a powdered material and sinter it into a solid structure. This is the process most likely to change the watchmaking industry, as it is able to print with metals and ceramics.

Brightly colored model of a tourbillon escapement designed by Nicholas Manousos

Focus On Technology: 3D Printing, What Is It Really?

I went to the theater recently and saw a typical raunchy comedy called ‘Neighbors.’ Much to my surprise, I saw something I cannot remember ever seeing in a mass-marketed movie: a 3D scanner and 3D printer being used by the main characters in a funny circumstance. (For said circumstance, please watch the movie because it cannot be discussed here.)