Research & Development

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.

HERON Project explores the use of Additive Manufatcuring for enhancing Energy Efficiency in Aerospace

As you may know, each industrial sector can help address climate issues at various levels. The challenge for aerospace companies is even bigger as aviation is responsible for 12% of CO2 emissions from all...

Can manufacturers bet on hybrid manufacturing processes?

As its name suggests, the purpose of “Hybrid Manufacturing” is relatively easy to understand: taking the advantages of both additive and subtractive technologies within the same machine. The concept is relatively new as first...

AMGTA announces its first Life-Cycle Assessment Research Project for Additive Manufacturing

Following its first publication on Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing, The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) has selected the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) at Rochester Institute of Technology to conduct a life-cycle assessment...

Experts from MTC to develop a complete 3D printed electric motor

UK-based Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is joining a range of players who have decided to play their part in an “electrified future”. The independent Research & Technology Organisation has announced plans to develop an...

NTU Singapore and Hyundai Motor Group to explore Electricle Vehicles’ Manufacturing with 3D Printing

As electricle vehicles seem to be the way to go to advance climate change concerns, car manufacturers are looking to explore new technologies to advance their operations and develop new models of cars. Car manufacturer...

GE and university project partners to develop 3D Printing-enabled System to extract CO2 from the air

As we are moving toward the end of this summer of extremes (floods, heat and fire), there is a warning that can’t be ignored: the catastrophic impacts of extreme weather depend at least as...

New Consortium Led By LEHVOSS Group Will Explore Overprinting With High-Performance Polymers

Just when you think you've seen everything that can be done with additive manufacturing, a new application, a new project, shows you otherwise. A new consortium formed by University of Exeter (Center for AM),...

They 3D print an entire tumour to find a way to facilitate faster treatment prediction

Among the different types of tumour that exit, Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain cancer. Also known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), signs and symptoms of glioblastoma are nonspecific. To facilitate...

New R&D project to establish a comprehensive test and manufacturing data set for aircraft 3D printed interior parts

Etihad Engineering, EOS and Baltic3D.eu are joining forces in a new R&D project entitled “FDM and SLS industrial 3D printing technology applicability in serial manufacturing of aircraft interior parts”. Each company will leverage its expertise...

A solution to 3D print with “butterfly wings”

Cholesteric liquid crystals, a man-made material with properties between liquids and solid crystals, can mimic the colors of butterfly wings. Liquid crystals are used in televisions and smartphones, but future applications for healthcare sensors...

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