Academia, Research & Development

Sigma Labs announces MTC membership

Sigma Labs has been named a member of the Manufacturing Technology Centre, the UK’s National Centre for Additive Manufacturing.

By TCT Team

/ 26 Feb 2019

Prodways announces sale of Rapid Additive Forging system to research institute

Prodways has announced the second sale of its Promaker RAF 50, which is powered by the Rapid Additive Forging technology the company launched back in 2017.

By TCT Team

/ 31 Jan 2019

Virginia Tech engineers develop new 3D printing method for piezoelectric materials

Virginia Tech team develop way to 3D print piezoelectric materials that can be custom-designed to convert movement, impact and stress from any directions to electrical energy.

By TCT Team

/ 22 Jan 2019

Virginia Tech engineers develop new 3D printing method for piezoelectric materials

Brandenburg University of Technology installs Lunovu metal additive manufacturing machine

Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) has invested in and installed a Lunovu GmbH Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) machine.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Jan 2019

Lunovu LMD system Lunovu LMD system - Lunovu

GE Additive and University of Sydney sign ten-year metal additive manufacturing agreement

GE Additive has signed a ten-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Sydney to accelerate metal additive manufacturing throughout Australia.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Dec 2018

GE Additive x University Sydney MoU Left to right: Debbra Rogers, CCO, GE Additive, Professor Laurent Rivory, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney, Christine Fur...

Additively manufacturing fluoropolymers

Carlo Campanelli, PhD Researcher, Additive Manufacturing CDT, Faculty of Engineering at University of Nottingham on the potential for fluoropolymers in AM.

By TCT Team

/ 22 Nov 2018

Thin, laser-sintered fluoropolymer sheet (Tm ~ 300ºC) showing good flexibility.

CRIQ installs GE Additive Arcam EBM machine to assist with customised jaw implant production

A Canadian research organisation has recently installed an Arcam EBM Q10plus machine as it looks to explore the additive manufacture (AM) of patient-specific jaw implants.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Oct 2018

Render of a lower jaw implant. Render of a lower jaw implant. - Quentin Schneider, 3D modeling lab, CHU de Quebec.

Pushing additive manufacturing to the molecular limit

New research proves advanced materials containing molecules that switch states in response to environmental stimuli can be made with 3D printing. Victor Sans explains.

By TCT Team

/ 9 Aug 2018

Artistic conceptual representation of the 3D printing of molecularly functionalised photochromic devices. - Ella Marushenko Studio

Q&A: TCT talks to Newcastle University about 3D printing human corneas

Che Connor, Professor of Tissue Engineering, Newcastle University answers our questions about why bioprinting corneas is required and how the process works.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Aug 2018

Dr Steve Swioklo, co-author with Prof Che Connon (right) - Newcastle University.

GE Additive to open up EBM A2X process development for academia

GE Additive is to open up the development mode of the Arcam EBM A2X system to the universities and academic institutes that use the machine at no extra cost.

By TCT Team

/ 5 Jul 2018

Isak Elfstrom, Vice President – Research, Arcam EBM Isak Elfstrom, Vice President – Research, Arcam EBM - GE Additive

Print My Part and City, University of London develop 3D printed visual aids for premature baby studies

3D printing has been used to develop a range of lightweight visual development stimuli for premature babies.

By TCT Team

/ 5 Jul 2018

Print My Part visual development aid Spherical visual development stimuli produced by Print My Part and City, University of London's Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit. - Print My P...

Work begins on U.S. Air Force research into flaw formation in powder bed fusion processes

Work has begun on a $1.4m project under the Maturation of Advanced Manufacturing for Low-Cost Sustainment program funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory through America Makes.

By TCT Team

/ 14 Jun 2018

Air Force defect example An example of a stochastic flaw observed in Ti-6Al-4V PBFAM builds after HIP - ARL Penn State