Academia, Research & Development

ETH Zurich develops new robotic 3D printing method for sustainable construction

The process has been designed to utilise Earth-based materials that do not require cement, with the construction robots shooting material from above to gradually build structures like walls.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Sep 2024

Ursa Major to open $14.5m additive manufacturing & materials research centre in Ohio

Ursa Major is to establish a new research and development facility that will seek to advance additive manufacturing and materials development for liquid rocket engines and solid rocket motors.

By Sam Davies

/ 24 Jul 2024

Ursa Major's Thomas Pomorski prepares one of its Hadley engine chambers for transport after 3D printing is complete at its Youngstown OH manufacturing facility. Ursa Major announced today ...

MTC launches sustainable additive manufacturing hub with Lithoz & Carbon 3D printing technology

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has invested in a new hub for sustainable additive manufacturing to support the development of net zero products with end-to-end circularity.

By Sam Davies

/ 22 Jul 2024

Xenia Materials launches Academic & Research Support Program

The program, which is dedicated to universities, research centres, and institutes of technology, is said to reflect the company's commitment to enabling innovation through collaboration and knowledge-sharing in the materials field.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Jul 2024

Himed opens Bioceramics Center of Excellence in partnership with Lithoz

The two companies have been working together since 2023 and have opened the BCoE to enable a holistic approach to R&D with bioceramics for medical device manufacturers.

By Sam Davies

/ 29 May 2024

BMF launches biotechnology company to advance drug development through 3D BioChips

Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has set up a business headquartered in San Diego to develop and commercialise 3D BioChips through cultivating large-scale tissues in vitro to help accelerate new drug and cosmetic development.

By Sam Davies

/ 30 Apr 2024

Relativity Space secures $8.7m US Air Force contract to explore real-time flaw detection in large-format metal 3D printing, reports say

Space News reports that the two-year research contract will see Relativity Space use its Stargate 3D printing platform to explore in-situ process monitoring, non-destructive testing processes and digital enterprise tools.

By Sam Davies

/ 15 Apr 2024

Relativity's Stargate 3D printer and a fuel drum additively manufactured in three days.

TU Wien develops 3D printing method for creating artificial cartilage

At the Vienna University of Technology, also known as TU Wien, researchers have taken a step towards creating replacement tissue, which could possibly used to replace injured cartilage, in the lab using 3D printing.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 15 Feb 2024

A day in the life of… a Materials Research Engineer

In the latest instalment of our 'A day in the life series...', we speak to NIST's Callie Higgins to understand the day to day tasks Materials Research Engineer.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Feb 2024

Elementum 3D to lead America Makes-funded material property datasets program for metal 3D printing

Elementum 3D has been awarded 2,875,USD by America Makes to generate material property datasets with high statistical power for ‘industrially relevant’ aluminium and nickel alloys.

By Sam Davies

/ 30 Jan 2024

An optical micrograph of Elementum 3D's additively manufactured (3D metal printed) A7050-RAM2 aluminium 7050. Microstructure with RAM additions expressing the absence of hot tearing and mi...

AI-powered material reuse management tool for metal 3D printing to be developed via £600k research project

The Materials Processing Institute is working with Additive Manufacturing Solutions and AMFG to develop a predictive material reuse management tool that leans on artificial intelligence as part of an Innovate UK-funded research project.

By Sam Davies

/ 29 Jan 2024

SKZ Würzburg invests in Rösler AM Solutions' S1 shot blasting system

SKZ has invested in an S1 shot blasting system, reporting that its ‘uncomplicated blast media exchange’ allows the institute to create quick and direct comparisons between different media like glass, ceramic or poly beads.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Jan 2024