Additional material manufacturing is a new processing technology, commonly known as 3D printing, which is different from the traditional "removal" manufacturing. It does not need the original embryo and die. It directly forms any complex shape object by adding material layer by layer according to the computer three-dimensional model data of parts.

Tungsten trioxide (WO₃) is a typical n-type semiconductor material, which has broad application prospects in electrochromic devices, gas sensors and photocatalysts. Particularly in the field of photocatalysis, WO₃ has a narrow band gap (2.4-2.8eV) compared with other semiconductors (such as titanium dioxide and Bi₂O₃), which can utilize solar energy more effectively.

Potassium-containing tungsten bars are raw materials for making light source materials, high-temperature heaters and high-temperature resistant components. The traditional production method is to add silicon, aluminium, potassium and other elements into tungsten oxide powder first, then reduce the tungsten oxide powder doped with these elements and wash it with hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid to obtain doped tungsten powder, then doped tungsten powder. After being pressed, the strips are sintered and sintered to obtain potassium containing tungsten bars.

China is a large producer of tungsten, and its reserves and output rank first in the world, but this is not worth showing off. Due to historical reasons and technical limitations, the development of tungsten resources in the early and middle stages of China has not been carried out reasonably.