Ceramics Additive Manufacturing
Few materials in the world of manufacturing offer as wide a range of applications as ceramics. When it comes to ceramics additive manufacturing, the wide range of different additive manufacturing processes further expands the range of applications and materials. New technologies are emerging every day, focusing on the latest advancements in both ceramic material science and AM process science.
Ceramics Additive Manufacturing Today
Researchers have been studying additive manufacturing of ceramic materials for close to two decades (almost as long as AM exists). While they have shown great promise from the very beginning, the first real, practical and commercial applications of ceramics AM began to emerge only recently.
In this Industry Focus on Ceramics Additive Manufacturing, you will find the latest news on ceramic AM hardware, as well as in-depth information on all the technologies enabling 3D printing of technical and traditional ceramic materials.
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XJet to showcase automated and repeatable HD additive production
XJet will present its portfolio of equipment for ceramic and metal end-to-end additive manufacturing at Formnext 2021, featuring the European debut of the SMART station. Furthering the industrialization of ceramic AM, the company will demonstrate how manufacturers can achieve automated, repeatable production of high-definition AM parts using XJet NanoParticle Jetting…
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AM of electrically conductive ceramics shown for heating elements
As part of an R&D Project, PolyMerge GmbH, TIWARI Scientific Instruments GmbH and Fraunhofer IKTS (the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems Dresden) have developed a process for additive manufacturing (AM) of multimaterial ceramic components – which can be heated up to 1400°C – for the contactless welding of…
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Lithoz to show off multimaterial ceramic AM parts at Formnext 2021
Lithoz will be presenting a wide variety of pioneering parts, produced with Lithoz’s multimaterial ceramic AM system CeraFab Multi 2M30 at the upcoming Formnext 2021 conference. The entry-level CeraFab L30 system will also make its European debut. According to 3dpbm’s recently released report on Ceramic AM, Lithoz is one of…
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Ceramic AM market to grow from $154M in 2020 to $3.4B by 2030
3dpbm Research, a leading market analysis company specialized in tracking the global additive manufacturing (AM) industry, released the results of its comprehensive study on the ceramic additive manufacturing segment. The study, Ceramic AM Market Opportunities and Trends 2020–2030, was conducted during Q2 and Q3 of 2021 and collects information on…
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TEI expands sand binder jetting capacity with second voxeljet VX4000
TEI (Tooling & Equipment International), a company specializing in complex castings in the engineering and manufacturing industry, has acquired the second voxeljet VX4000 system for sand binder jetting, one of the largest 3D printers in the world. TEI specializes in optimizing components, for example, to save weight in the aircraft…
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The 3dpbm map of ceramic AM technologies and companies
All commercially available ceramic AM technologies in the 3dpbm map of ceramic AM (from 3dpbm’s just-released report on Ceramic AM Opportunities and Trends) are based on processes that bind ceramic particles to shape three-dimensional objects before sintering them in a furnace as a post-processing step. Unlike in metal AM, where…
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ACC, a new era for AM sand casting in Haliade-X offshore wind turbines
GE (NYSE: GE), Fraunhofer IGCV and voxeljet AG (NASDAQ: VJET) have formed a research partnership to develop the Advance Casting Cell, or ACC (which will be the world’s largest system for sand 3D printing) to be used in the production of parts for offshore wind turbines. The machine will produce…
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“Lithoz goes Dental” at upcoming IDS show
Lithoz is further expanding its expertise in the dental sector with its innovative ceramic 3D printing solutions and strategic collaborations. The results of these efforts will be displayed at the IDS Show International Dental Show) 2021 in Cologne. Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Lithoz has set forth the mission…
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Lithoz’s CeraFab Lab L30 ceramic 3D printer makes live debut
Founded in 2011 as a spin-off from the Vienna University of Technology, Lithoz has successfully established itself as a leading global provider of ceramic additive manufacturing. The Austrian company has not achieved this degree of success by resting on its laurels; Lithoz continually strives to innovate in the ceramic AM…
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Lithoz celebrates 10 years of ceramic 3D printing leadership
Lithoz is celebrating its ten-year anniversary as a provider of ceramic 3D printing machines and materials. Initially founded as a spin-off from the TU Wien in 2011, Lithoz was created with the mission to establish ceramic 3D printing as a reliable manufacturing process for industrial mass production. The first few…
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