Research & Education
New findings on defect avoidance in additive manufacturing
British materials researchers have gained detailed insights into the mechanisms of melt solidification in 3D printing. Their simulations reveal how impurities are distributed in...
Bioengineers Turn Laser Cutter into SLS 3D Printer for Biomaterials
Bioengineers at Rice University have modified a CO2 laser cutter in order to create an open source Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D printer. While industrial...
Indian institute wants to make construction more environmentally friendly with 3D printing
In the midst of rising CO2 emissions and dwindling sand resources, the construction industry worldwide is facing major challenges. Researchers at the Indian Institute...
Researchers develop a digital quality assurance concept for 3D printing based on blockchain technology
A combination of physical printing process and digital blockchain technology can be used to map quality documentation in 3D printing in a transparent, traceable...
Ad-Proc-Add Project: Strategies for 3D printing of metal parts
An international network is researching new processes for additively manufactured parts in the EU’s ‘Ad-Proc-Add’ (Advanced Processing of Additively Manufactured Parts) project. One of...
3D printing plant-based pharmaceuticals – without plants
Students from Rochester have developed a 3D bioprinting system that allows them to replicate chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by climate change. The...
New Near-Infrared 3D Printing Process enables printing of Multiple Materials and Colors
A research group led by Dr. Jose Marques-Hueso of the Institute of Sensors, Signals & Systems at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh has developed a...
Concrete 3D printing: new technology creates ultralight, zero-waste concrete structures
Architect Mania Aghaei Meibodi and researchers Alireza Bayramvand and Yuxin Lin of the DART Lab in U-M's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning...
Chinese doctors successfully implant a 15cm long 3D printed titanium vertebrae prosthetic
40 year old Ms. Zhou from HuNan (China) has been suffering from tumours on her vertebrae since years. There are also some arteries affected that provide...
Researchers 3D Print Self-Heating Microfluidic Devices
MIT researchers have used 3D printing to create self-heating microfluidic devices, demonstrating a technique that could one day be used to rapidly produce inexpensive...
