Paper originally published to Springer Link 9 October 2024: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00170-024-14602-8
Experimental investigation of FDM manufacturing of 316 l stainless steel Read More »
“In this study, a simple and low-cost approach to additively manufacture (3D print) Inconel 718 by using a desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printer via a 3-step printing-debinding-sintering stage is presented. Inconel 718 filament containing high metal loading (86% by mass) was 3D printed by varying the nozzle temperatures from 210°C to 300°C. As-printed
3D metal printing has always been a fascinating yet cost-prohibitive technology. Schools, makerspaces, and Fab Labs often dreamt of incorporating metal printing into their projects, but the high cost and complexity of traditional systems were major barriers. Enter Filamet from The Virtual Foundry – a game-changer that is democratizing access to metal 3D printing. Let’s
Filamet: The Ultimate 3D Metal Printing Solution for Education and Community Spaces Read More »
Paper published to Wiley 20 September 2024 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ffe.14463
The Virtual Foundry’s metal filaments represent a significant advancement in 3D printing technology, enabling the creation of high-quality, pure metal parts in a wide array of settings. Whether in a research laboratory, an educational institution, or a professional manufacturing environment, these filaments offer a unique and accessible solution for metal fabrication. Compatible with standard FFF/FDM
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526612524004316
“Despite the significant research being conducted on the mechanical reliability of additively manufactured parts, comparatively little focus has been paid to the property of thermal conductivity. Additively manufactured thermally conductive parts have the potential to benefit thermal management technologies that are currently a bottleneck of many classes of advanced electronic devices. Creating parts with high thermal conductivities remains
“As additive manufacturing gains widespread adoption across various industries, its application to traditional materials such as bronze remains relatively underexplored. Through a comprehensive assessment, this research investigates the extrusion-based additive manufacturing of bronze, utilizing a CuSn10/Polylactic Acid (PLA) composite filament for printing bronze green parts, followed by thermal debinding and sintering processes to produce metal parts. By systematically varying 3D printing, debinding,
Paper published to Heliyon on 2 April 2024 https://www.cell.com/heliyon/pdf/S2405-8440(24)04930-2.pdf
“This work evaluates the radiation shielding capabilities of the PLA-W composite for MV energy photons emitted by a linear accelerator and the feasibility of manufacturing a clinically-used collimator grid in spatially fractionated radiotherapy (SFRT) using the material extrusion (MEX) 3D printing technique. The PLA-W filament used has a W concentration of 93% w/w and a green density
