University distinguished professor of physics Christopher Sorensen and assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering Suprem Das from Kansas State University led a study that displayed possible ways to create graphene-based nano-inks for 3D manufacturing of supercapacitors in printable and flexible electronics form.
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German car manufacturer Volkswagen has announced plans to use binder jet (BJT) 3D printing to manufacture car components at its main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, supposedly becoming the first car maker to apply the Additive Manufacturing technology in its production method.
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Covestro is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-tech polymer materials. Their products and application solutions can be found in many areas of modern life. Innovation and sustainability drive the company to constantly new developments – both in its products and in its processes and plants. Now the company is also dedicating itself to 3D printing.
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Japanese researchers develop a 3D printing technique with dual nozzles that enables a new form of metal-plastic hybrid printing. The new and improved process opens up application areas for the internet of things and artificial intelligence.
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At the HZB and the HU in Berlin, scientists are working on a new additive manufacturing process for hybrid perovskites. This new approach of using organic and inorganic components could be the future of microelectronics.
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Food waste and additive manufacturing are two important developments in the recent years. The first a shocking crisis, the latter a solution for a variety of problems and challenges. Two Dutch students made the two cross paths now and upcycle unwanted food into 3D-printed luxurious snacks.
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With its binder-jetting technology Swedish company Digital Metal has already produced more than 300,000 components. Now they aim to improve its productivity by automating the processes.
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MX3D, a Dutch robotics firm, 3D-printed a functional stainless steel bridge for pedestrians in Amsterdam’s red light district. The production took half a year, but the end result is so much more than a simple bridge.
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The additive manufacturing industry is slowly taking over the production of vehicles. One of the first of its kind, a fully 3D-printed motorcycle, was designed and produced by the start-up BigRep, but other companies are close in.
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With the so called “Volumetric additive fabrication “US-American researchers have found a real alternative for the layer-based fabrication.
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