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.

Five projects to push ExOne Binder Jet 3D Printing forward receive funding

Five projects from Pennsylvania universities have received funding to advance ExOne binder jet 3D Printing technology. The funding has been granted as part of the Manufacturing PA Innovation Program. According to ExOne CEO John Hartner, the...

Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association’s First Research Project To focus on the environmental benefits of Additive Manufacturing

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) has revealed today the first commissioned research project that will keep the association busy during the upcoming weeks or months: the environmental benefits of AM. At the head of this...

UpNano succeeds in manufacturing cm-sized bending and tensile test specimens using ultra precise 3D-printing.

Manufacturing of cm-sized test specimens for material characterization according to ISO standards has now been achieved by 3D-printing a feature size of 200 nanometers. UpNano GmbH succeeded in printing test specimens from their specific photopolymer...

Markforged’s report demonstrates how Additive Manufacturing drives Supply Chain

Markforged has released an Additive Applications Library that demonstrates the impact of additive manufacturing in suppl chain optimization. The manufacturer of metal and carbon fiber 3D printers has analyzed 100+ use cases within aerospace and defense, automotive, education,...

POLYLINE project: 15 partners to develop automation solutions of additive manufacturing for the automotive industry

15 companies from science, research and industry will join forces in a project called POLYLINE. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research with a total of €10.7 Mio, the three-year project aims to develop...

3D Printing in Automotive Market to Be Worth US$8 Bn By 2024

The 3D printing in automotive market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $1.4 billion to over $8 billion by 2024; as reported in the latest study by Global...

Ceramic 3D Printing would accelerate the production of safe and essential vaccines

A consortium of companies involved in the NESSIE research project demonstrates the ability to mass produce complex yet vital vaccines at a lower cost. Their secret? Ceramic 3D Printing. At the heart of this project,...

U.S. Army has developed multi-polymer filament for desktop 3D Printers

The U.S. Army has been working on a new type of multi-polymer for the most widely-used desktop 3D Printers. With the goal of saving money and facilitating fast printing of critical parts, the new filament...

A consortium of eight companies tackles the issue of 3D printing large components economically by using Hybrid Additive Manufacturing

MTU Aero Engines, Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, Fraunhofer ILT, KUKA and more join forces to develop an efficient hybrid additive manufacturing cell for the production of large metal components.  Named ProLMD, the collaborativeresearch project funded by the...

Manufacturing blood on-demand: the project that will require 3D bioprinting

Although the title of this article looks like you are about to read the narrative of Sci-Fi movie, it is not. It rather portrays the start of a project that might become a futuristic...