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If you think for a second, the biggest innovations that are shaking the world of today started with R&D. This stage has been fundamental in any industrial revolution, including additive manufacturing. This segment highlights the latest AM developments in the R&D sector.

When 3D printing helps to enhance breast reconstruction surgery

Across the world, several organizations have been exploring the use of 3D printing for breast implants. While several developments are still in progress, the common thread across these research projects is to provide personalized,...

The iLAuNCH project team relies on AM of large-scale composite structures to build a rocket

To withstand the extreme loads, vibrations and shocks of launch without failure, it is of paramount importance that launch vehicles benefit from scalable production of low-weight and high-strength structures and parts. To meet this requirement,...

Have you heard about 3D ice printing? It can help create structures that resemble blood vessels in the body

When they say, 3D printing can help create “anything”, this might actually be true. We have witnessed the possibility of 3D printing to process all types of materials from wood, to glass but this...

A.D.A.M’s next key project focuses on 3D printed bone implants

Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing (A.D.A.M.), a provider of 3D printing systems for customized bone implants, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York, are working together to advance bone implant delivery and...

The Materials Processing Institute to develop an AI tool that will enable the production of 3D-printed parts while saving costs

Together with software provider AMFG and provider of material and process validation services Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd,  the Materials Processing Institute will develop an artificial intelligence tool that could lead to greater efficiencies within...

Designers could leverage this MIT model to optimize 3D-printed shoe performance

With the goal of discovering which shoe best suits a person’s particular running style, MIT engineers have developed a new model that predicts how certain shoe properties will affect a runner’s performance. “Shoe designers are...

Auburn University to support the US Army with its Additive Manufacturing expertise in a $50M project

Auburn University just secured what is described as the largest research contract in university history. Through a new three-year project, the advanced manufacturing team from the university will help the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities...

Identifying defects by “listening” for them as they occur in a metal 3D printer

Acoustic monitoring for detecting porosity in laser powder bed fusion could be viable. In a recent article, we learned that one can identify defects in a laser powder bed fusion machine using the Materialise Quality...

3D printing large rotating steam turbine blades for generating energy in power plants – ORNL just ticked this box

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently achieved the production of large rotating steam turbine blades for generating energy in power plants. Led by partner Siemens Technology, the U.S. research and...

How do nanotechnology & Additive Manufacturing intertwine and what opportunities lie ahead?

Among the wide range of technologies that can bolster an Additive Manufacturing (AM) application, nanotechnology is often the least mentioned. Yet the synergy between both technologies can lead to versatile and multifunctional applications that...