AM Research
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Metal AM post-processing is a broad category and has long been considered the most time-intensive part of the additive manufacturing workflow. It is often more expensive and time-consuming than the printing process itself. And yet it is, in one form or another, taken as a given in metal additive manufacturing.…
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A team from aerospace and defense tech company Northrop Grumman is working to showcase the viability and reliability of electronics 3D printing by testing the performance of 3D printed electronic structures. The study, which was published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, leverages Optomec’s Aerosol Jet…
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For quantum technologies to fulfill their promise, the systems that support them need to shrink. Laurence Coles from Added Scientific, an AM consultancy service which spun off from the University of Nottingham, wrote an article for Physics World (full article here) on how advances in additive manufacturing are bringing miniaturization within…
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Mother-of-pearl might best be known for its gleaming, ethereal appearance—much prized in the jewelry world—but the natural material is also actually one of the toughest on Earth. If you’re not familiar with it, mother-of-pearl is the incandescent interior of mollusk shells, also known as nacre. The material’s resilience has made…
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FIT Additive Manufacturing Group and the FAU University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have received a grant notification from the Bavarian State Minister of Science for their joint research project entitled FAB-Weld. The project aims to break down size limitations associated with SLS 3D printing by welding various printed components together to create…
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Scientists at Berkeley Lab have created a new material that is both liquid and magnetic, opening the door to a new area of science in magnetic soft matter. Among other possible applications (such as liquid robots and even 3D entertainment), a 3D printed liquid magnet could lead to 3D printable…
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Researchers from Georgia Tech have developed tiny 3D printed robots measuring about 2 mm in length that use micro bristle technology and vibrations to move around. The teeny bots, produced using two-photon polymerization lithography (TPP), could have diverse applications, including detecting environmental changes, and repairing injuries inside the human body.…
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The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has announced a partnership with Quebec-based company Polycontrols, which specializes in surface engineering solutions and equipment integration. Together, they partners will establish a new research facility aimed at supporting manufacturers and researchers in the study, adoption and deployment of cold spray additive manufacturing…
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A team of robotics researchers from the University of California San Diego have made a breakthrough in robotics 3D printing by using a commercial machine to embed complex sensors inside robotic limbs and grippers. The project marks a step ahead in 3D printed soft robots and takes us a small…
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America Makes is preparing to open its third Satellite Center, which will be based at Wichita State University’s (WSU) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) in Kansas. An MoU was recently signed by America Makes and WSU-NIAR, through which the new center was agreed upon. The upcoming Satellite Center at…
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