Extrusion, which can produce complex parts made of lightweight metals, is an increasingly important manufacturing process for everything from buildings to electric vehicles. PNNL’s patented Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE™) technique is a step beyond traditional extrusion, capable of creating materials and components with extraordinary properties that cannot be achieved through conventional manufacturing. Now, the nextgeneration ShAPE machine has arrived at PNNL, where it will help prove the mettle of the ShAPE technique. “ShAPE 2,” which is up and running, is designed to allow researchers to produce larger, more complex extrusions—a major step toward many realworld industrial applications for the ShAPE technique.

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