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.

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...

Researchers said a 3D Printed brain makes it easier to find cancer treatments

This is not the first time that researchers try to demonstrate the efficiency of 3D Printing in brain diseases. MIT & Harvard have already showed how it was possible to 3D Print human brain,...

Overcoming Metrology Bottlenecks in Additive Manufacturing

The article is the product of work that Richard Leach from the University of Nottingham has undertaken with 3D optical metrology company ZYGO, based in Middlefield, CT, USA. Undoubtedly there are many benefits associated with...

Using 3D Printed “Curveboards” for integrating electronics onto prototypes

In order to provide a faster, easier way to test circuit functions and user interactions with products such as smart devices and flexible electronics, MIT researchers leverage 3D printed “curveboards” to facilitate the integration...

Designed for bio-printing research, FELIX Bio printer is already available for commercialization

Currently valued at $965 million, the global 3D bioprinting market would grow at a CAGR of nearly 20% up to the mid -2020s. This growth would be the result of increased healthcare demands, and...

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