"In a soundproof hut on the edge of Oxford Airport, a small metal engine screeches as it works furiously. The micro turbine that it is powering, about the size of a coffee tin, is intended eventually to make its way into a new generation of long-range drones that are helping reshape wars from Ukraine to the Middle East. It is just one of several ways in which Alloyed, a British startup, is trying to make more of metal. Founded in 2017 by materials engineers from the University of Oxford, the firm designs entirely new metal alloys to make lighter, stronger fiddly parts for everything from military kit to consumer electronics. It then prints them from powdered metal, layer by layer, using industrial 3D-printing machines..."
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The Economist: Alloyed shows how Britain hopes to make things in the future
The metal-parts manufacturer can do fiddly things faster and better