Academia, Research & Development

Fraunhofer ILT, Airbus, KUKA and more team up on hybrid additive manufacturing project

Collaborative research project aims to develop an efficient hybrid additive manufacturing cell for the production of large metal components.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Apr 2020

Robot research cell with automatic processing head changing system during wire laser material deposition at Fraunhofer ILT. (Credit: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany)

Titomic becomes first Research Service Provider certified 3D printing company

The RSP certification will allow Titomic to provide scientific or technical expertise and resources to perform research and development work for other companies.

By TCT Team

/ 17 Apr 2020

Titomic Kinetic Fusion Titomic Kinetic Fusion - Titomic

FELIXprinters' BIOprinter now commercially available

FELIXprinters has announced its BIOprinter is now commercially available after launching the product last autumn.

By TCT Team

/ 9 Mar 2020

TWI and Leitat partner to support European SME adoption of 3D printing

Manufacturing research organisation TWI has teamed up with Spanish technical institute Leitat to co-develop 3D printing solutions for a range of industrial markets.

By TCT Team

/ 5 Mar 2020

Leitat TWI Left to right: Dirk Saseta Krieg, Projects Director, Leitat, Tat-Hean Gan, Director of Innovation and Skills, TWI and Amro Satti, Proposal Manager, Leitat.

Researchers turn McDonald's waste cooking oil into 3D printing resin

A team of researchers at the University of Toronto Scarborough have successfully turned cooking oil from McDonald's into a biodegradable 3D printing resin.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Feb 2020

Plastic butterfly printed with cooking oil-based resin. (Credit: Don Campbell)

WAAM3D secures funding to commercialise Wire-based Additive Manufacturing

UK additive manufacturing company WAAM3D Ltd. completes Series A round with investment from Singapore-based Accuron Technologies Ltd.

By TCT Team

/ 4 Feb 2020

WAAM3D receives injection of capital from Accuron to complete its Series A round (Credit: WAAM3D)

University of Sheffield researchers 3D print antibacterial parts

Research combines 3D printing with a silver-based antibacterial compound to produce parts which could potentially stop the spread of infections.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Jan 2020

Individual bacteria on a Nylon-12 surface. - Chris

University of Belgrade adds Sintratec Kit 3D printer to pharmaceutical lab

The University of Belgrade has installed a Sintratec Kit Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) platform as it expands its research endeavours inside the ‘Pharm3D lab’.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Jan 2020

University of Belgrade Sintratec Kit Marijana Madzarevic operating the Sintratec Kit.

Metal 3D printing powder company Elementum attracts SCOA investment

Additive manufacturing research and development company Elementum 3D has received investment from Sumitomo Corporation of Americas through its Series A funding round.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Jan 2020

Academia and industry players combine to set up additive manufacturing research cluster in Bavaria

The Technical University of Munich (TUM), GE Additive, Oerlikon and Linde have formed an additive manufacturing cluster to conduct research into and develop additive manufacturing technology in Bavaria, Germany.

By TCT Team

/ 9 Oct 2019

GE Oerlikon Linde TUM Representatives from all four organisations at the signing of the letter of intent in December 2018.

SLV Halle invests in GEFERTEC arc405 3D Metal Print machine

German research institution SLV Halle has invested in GEFERTEC’s arc405 3D Metal Print (3DMP) machine to explore the application of the technology for industrial components.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Aug 2019

New bioprinting method brings researchers one step closer to 3D printing human heart

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University publish paper detailing “critical steps” on the path to 3D printing a functional adult-sized human heart.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Aug 2019

FRESH platform enables 3D printing of collagen (Source: Carnegie Mellon University)