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Leaflet/brochures Compolight results |
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The FP7
Compolight project has recently been finished with challenging results.
Please have
a look on the brochures/ doc attached to see the achievements of the project.
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For info
please refer to Mr Oliver Jay, Teknologisk,
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Additive Manufacturing in The Economist |
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In The
Economist edition Apr 21st 2012, a special report has been incorporated on the
third industrial revolution. The
article deals with the digitalisation of the industrial production, enabling
mass customisation.
3D-printing
and Additive Manufacturing play a key role to enable this. Also, a new concept
of manufacturing is mentioned, i.e. the TNO Printvalley machine.
Quote of
The Economist: Can it be done? Yes: TNO makes it happen! “Can it be done? Back to the
EuroMold exhibition, where TNO, an independent research group based in the
Netherlands, showed a novel machine with 100 platforms travelling around a
carousel in a continuous loop. A variety of 3D-printing heads would deposit
plastics, metals or ceramics onto each platform as they pass to make complete
products, layer by layer. Scale up the idea, straighten out the carousel and
you have a production line with multiple printing heads.”
You can read the complete article in the Economist here
This article led to a television news item, view it here. (DUTCH ONLY)
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Additive Manufacturing Roadmap |
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Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing: Identifying the Future of Freeform Processing
The objective of the Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (RAM): Identifying the Future of Freeform Processing was to develop and articulate a roadmap for research in the area of additive manufacturing for the next 10-12 years. (102 page pdf)
Industries that will drive the market over the next decade include the military, dentistry, jewelry, entertainment products (e.g., video games), collectables, home accessories, and toys.
Two whole layer AM processes have been commercialized and two others are in the works. This type of processing is not only faster, but it may offer improvements in accuracy, surface finish, simplicity, and machine reliability.
Click here to download the roadmap (18Mb)
Information on the internet can be found here, here or here.
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Read more...
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RM Case studie: reconstruction of a skull defect |
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The case
describes reconstruction of a skull defect in a youg girl, which suffered a car
accident with loss of large part of her right skull. The implant was made out
of medical grade Ti by Electron Beam Melting. The implant was designed by U
Maastricht and the operation performed by Dr. Jules Poukens, dep.
Cranio-maxillofacial Surgery at the University Hospital AZM.
You can download this case study from here
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Compolight-(Im)possible Crossing Brochure