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.

Lithoz and Himed to explore the potential of CaP materials to augment the performance of 3D-printed implantable forms

For the next chapter on how to drive innovation and research into the 3D printing of medical-grade bioceramics, Lithoz is joining forces with New York-based biomaterials specialist Himed. The developer of the LithaBone HA...

Senvol’s machine learning software can accurately predict material performance for Additive Manufacturing. Here is how.

Software provider Senvol recently demonstrated a machine learning approach to material allowables development that was shown to be more flexible, cost-effective, time-effective, and equivalent to the conventional (in this case, MMPDS) approach to material...

Can 3D printing help make the chore of packing faster and easier?

A new computational method facilitates the dense placement of objects inside a rigid container. People often find it difficult to pack in a uniform way 3D objects of varied sizes and shapes. This problem, in...

New multi-material 3D printer is designed for the fast production of flexible smart devices

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Panasonic), and Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP) have developed a multi-material 3D printer using multi-wavelength high-power lasers, for quick and...

Lithoz’ LCM 3D Printing technology will serve the needs of green hydrogen production. Here is how.

Lithoz’ ceramic 3D printing technology will be utilized as part of the “Redox3D” project that aims to produce green hydrogen in solar tower power plants through thermochemical processes. The Rheinbach (GER)-based company will harness the...

Belgian researchers develop empirical models for predicting bead geometry

As part of the international "Ad-Proc-Add" of the ecoplus Mechatronics Cluster, Belgian researchers have investigated the influence of various processes within the additive-subtractive manufacturing process chain (ASM) on the quality of the end product...

Authentise introduces 3DGPT, a ChatGPT concept for Additive Manufacturing

The 3D Generative Pre-trained Transformer has been trained with 12K scientific additive manufacturing papers Software company Authentise has released 3DGPT, an Artificial Intelligence tool which allows users to ask any questions on AM. With 3DGPT, users...

SPEE3D to develop SUBSAFE manufacturing materials with Cold Spray Additive Manufacturing

The US Navy has chosen metal AM company SPEE3D to develop materials as a part of a Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) project related to Expeditionary Maintenance and Sustainment that achieve Submarine Safety Program...

MIT reveals a simple, inexpensive way to strengthen 3D Printing Material Inconel 718

The approach which involves the 3D printing of a metallic powder strengthened with ceramic nanowires, could be used to improve many other materials As you may already know, Inconel 718 is one of the key...

Creating complex ceramic architectures with SLS 3D printing? A research shows potential for several industries

Complex ceramics can be processed by a wide range of AM processes. Among these processes, the use of SLS 3D printing has often been mentioned with limited potential. A research from PhD student Marco...

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