With electroplating, you have to make the 3D part conductive. You also have to deal with wet chemistry and fumes. This process uses a rock tumbler, copper powder, and small ball bearings.

Resin 3D printers have a significant advantage over ... these builds buy adding metal to them through electroplating. Both copper and nickel coatings are used for these test setups, each with ...

A team of Penn State researchers has used a new 3D-printing method to produce a complex metal build ... a blend of low-carbon stainless steel and bronze, which consists of 90% copper and 10% tin. The ...