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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Lithoz and 3dpbm hold webinar on advanced ceramics AM applications
Lithoz Co-founder and CEO Johannes Homa held a webinar to highlight the latest and most significant AM production capabilities and applications for advanced ceramics. The webinar on advanced ceramics AM was moderated by 3dpbm Co-founder and CEO Davide Sher, who also provided a top-level outlook and forecast of the ceramics…
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Research on ceramic 3D printed SOFCs now extends to include SOECs
Electroceramic-based energy devices like solid oxide fuel and electrolysis cells are promising candidates to benefit from using 3D printing to develop innovative concepts that overcome shape limitations of currently existing manufacturing techniques. Building on a similar project conducted in 2017, a new study published by the Journal of Material Chemistry,…
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US Air Force partners with FSU to develop reinforced ceramics 3D printing of sensors
The US Air Force is among the entities that are making some of the most significant investments in pushing the limits of AM technologies and material science. Here composites and ceramics represent the bleeding edge of development and they are coming together in the study conducted by Florida State University…
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Lithoz forms alliance for 3D printed ceramic dental implants
Austria-based ceramic AM company Lithoz has announced a new partnership with Dr. Jens Tartsch, an expert in ceramic implantology in Switzerland and the founder and president of the European Society for Ceramic Implantology (ESCI). Together, the partners will seek to identify new applications to develop the future of 3D printed…
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ExOne technology used to 3D print boron carbide-aluminum collimators for refined neutron scattering
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a novel method to 3D print boron carbide-aluminum collimators used in neutron instruments for scientific research to the ExOne Company, a leading maker of binder jet 3D printing technology. A long-time collaborator with ORNL, ExOne will leverage the lab’s world-class…
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3DOPTIC shows why ceramic 3D printed optics are the future for satellites and UAVs
Additive manufacturing is a key technology to providing innovative solutions for optimized optical instruments, meeting the growing demand for lightweight optical instrumentation aboard space and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms. To prove the feasibility of its ceramic 3DOPTIC service, 3DCeram produced a plane mirror for front-end laser engine (galvo-mirror for…
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Lithoz partners with MITRE on additive manufacturing of underwater acoustic transducers
Lithoz, one of the leaders and pioneers in advanced ceramic 3D printing technology, is making its technology available to develop more advanced underwater acoustic transducers for communication systems. MITRE and MSI Transducers Corp are collaborating on this project that shows how ceramic 3D printing is emerging as a key option…
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The potential for mass customization with ceramic AM
We are living through a time that is uniquely challenging. The COVID-19 pandemic brought much of the world to a standstill, and has forced us to question many things. In the manufacturing world, for instance, there is now an increased focus on localized, on-site production, as supply chain disruptions were…
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Tethon 3D launches Mullite Tethonite ceramic powder and resin for 3D printing
Tethon 3D is introducing the new Tethonite Mullite ceramic powder for use in binder jetting additive manufacturing along with the upcoming release of a beta version of UV curable mullite ceramic resin for SLA and DLP 3D printing. Mullite is the mineralogical name for the only chemically stable intermediate phase in…
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Maryland researchers develop ultra-fast sintering for ceramics
No matter how rapidly a 3D printer can produce a green ceramic part, there is always the question of sintering the component, which can take several hours. Now, however, a team from the University of Maryland (UMD) Department of Materials Science and Engineering has come up with an innovative approach…
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