Academia, Research & Development

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

Quantum X 3D bioprinter to facilitate series of biological research at Aston University

Aston University is set to install a Quantum X 3D bioprinter after the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) awarded a grant of 612,176 GBP.

By Sam Davies

/ 15 Dec 2023

Interview: Unveiling the power of morphological analysis in additive manufacturing optimisation

TCT speaks to Malvern Panalytical & Materials Processing Institute about materials characterisation, the importance of predicting flow behaviour, and why its important for organisations like these to work together.

By TCT Team

/ 12 Dec 2023

Lithoz & ORNL partner to explore the 3D printing of non-oxide ceramics

Lithoz has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to explore the additive manufacturing of non-oxide ceramics.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Dec 2023

Sciaky launches EBAM-53 electron beam welding system for research users

Metal 3D printing and advanced welding company Sciaky has announced the launch of the EBAM-53 electron beam welding system for laboratory and research facilities.

By Sam Davies

/ 22 Nov 2023