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.

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...

Lithoz and ORNL to assess the LIS technology capabilities for 3D printed non-oxide ceramics

How can one ensure the fabrication of non-oxide ceramics with high-refractive indexes, such as silicon carbide, for use in extreme temperature applications? Ceramic 3D printing...

The Common Additive Manufacturing Qualification Template

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America), a not-for-profit that is working hard to advance the public interest through manufacturing...

Sciaky boosts R&D of large parts with new EBAM-53 metal 3D printing system

Metal 3D printing machine maker Sciaky, a subsidiary of  Phillips Service Industries, has introduced the EBAM-53 system to help in the research and development...

Oxford scientists synthesize “brain injuries repairing” 3D printed tissues 

Oxford University researchers have made a breakthrough which opens the door to 3D printing technology usage in brain injury treatments. Scientists have developed a...

Solukon and Rivelin to put forward automated solutions for the Additive Manufacturing industry at Formnext 2023

The German machine manufacturing company Solukon and British robotics technology company Rivelin have completed an R&D project regarding the applications of their products in...

Researchers develop new composite material with unique optical properties that can be 3D-printed

As part of a multi-year project, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have developed 3D-printed optical hydrogen sensors that could play an important...

AstroCardia project: Belgium embarks on a mission to send to the ISS a 3D bioprinted heart model

A consortium of five Belgian companies embarks on a mission to improve heart health in space. Space Applications Services, SCK CEN, QbD Group, BIO INX and Antleron will study heart ageing through the...

VIDEO: 3D Printing material would help create self-cleaning toilets

Since the day we talked about sex on this platform, I knew that 3D printing would make us talk about the topics we expected...

AMGTA LCA reveals that Binder Jetting reduces carbon emissions by 38% – but industry experts have reservations

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (“AMGTA”), recently revealed the preliminary results of a life-cycle analysis study titled “Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment: Comparison of Casting...