Heat tests could help police trace 3D-printed 'ghost guns'
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A research by the University of Curtin in Australia points to a new way to track firearms manufactured from 3D printers: to analyze the behavior of the plastic used. The material could retain sufficient features to relate a seized weapon to the filament used in its manufacture, even when there are no serial numbers or useful ballistic marks. The advance, published in Forensic Science International magazine, seeks to provide a solution to a growi…
Heat tests could help police trace 3D-printed 'ghost guns'
Curtin University researchers may have found a new way to help police trace 3D-printed firearms, after developing a new method of analyzing the plastic used to make them. Homemade plastic weapons present a growing challenge for law enforcement globally, due to being privately manufactured without the serial numbers and registration used to trace conventional firearms.
Heat tests could help police trace 3D-printed ghost guns
Heating small samples of 3D-printing plastic could give police new clues about the origins of homemade firearms. Researchers have found that materials sold as the same type of plastic can leave distinguishable thermal signatures. The approach could help connect a recovered printed object with seized printing material, or compare evidence from different investigations. It does […]
3D-printed ghost guns may now have a way to be traced to their source — Australian researchers correctly identify 26 out of 28 printed PLA samples to their filament product
Researchers from Curtin University in Australia have come up with a way to potentially track down seized 3D-printed guns to their source by identifying differences in material properties in various PLA products.
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