Carpenter Technology and their branch of 3D printing experts, Carpenter Additive, carried out a study to create a systematic framework to optimize additive manufacturing for Nitinol, focusing on three factors for success: 

1. Stringent control of Nitinol chemistry throughout the AM lifecycle from feedstock to finished part 
2. Optimized printing parameter sets to enable effective control over shape memory and superelastic properties 
3. Fully dense near net shape Nitinol components to eliminate additional post-processing steps 

Download the complete report for results on the samples printed to demonstrate the shape memory effect in a 3D printed Nitinol component.