Research Papers
Much of the progress made in applications for this technology is developed by our dedicated users, or in partnership with them. These users are experts in their fields and have a wealth of knowledge and experience. They work closely with us to develop innovative applications for our technology. The following Papers and reference materials come from a variety of sources, including our partners, academic institutions, and industry experts. We are constantly working to expand our knowledge base and to develop new and innovative applications for our technology.
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When possible we ask that this information be made available to the general user community. The Virtual Foundry will curate and share this growing list of scholarly articles, use-cases and general research whenever possible. The Virtual Foundry is a place where people can share and learn from each other. We ask that you share your work with us whenever possible. We will curate and share this growing list of scholarly articles, use-cases, and general research with the community. This will help us all learn and grow together.
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FDM 3D-Printed 17-4 PH Stainless Steel: Its Properties, Behaviors, and Potential
FDM 3D-Printed 17-4 PH Stainless Steel - Its Properties, Behaviors, and PotentialDownload FDM 3D-Printed 17-4 PH Stainless SteelDownload / Paper published to Minds@UW April 2022 https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/84556
A Review on Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of Metal and How It Compares with Metal Injection Moulding
A Review on Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of Metal and How It Compares with Metal Injection MouldingDownload A-Review-on-Material-Extrusion-Additive-Manufacturing-of-Metal-and-How-It-Compares-with-Metal-Injection-Moulding-by-Chanun-SuwanpreechaDownload...
Fully metallic copper 3D-printed electrodes via sintering for electrocatalytic biosensing
"3D printing is a very useful manufacturing method for the fabrication of electrochemical devices. Typically, accessible fused filament fabrication (FFF) is the most used method; but it is limited to the materials of use, mainly to carbon/polylactic acid blend. The...
Characteristics of 3D Printable Bronze PLA-Based Filament Composites for Gaskets
Characteristics of 3D Printable Bronze PLA-Based Filament Composites for GasketsDownload Characteristics of 3D Printable Bronze PLA-Based Filament Composites for GasketsDownload Paper published to MDPI 23 August 2021 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/16/4770
Biomedical Applications of Metal 3D Printing
"Additive manufacturing's attributes include print customization, low per-unit cost for small- to mid-batch production, seamless interfacing with mainstream medical 3D imaging techniques, and feasibility to create free-form objects in materials that are biocompatible...
Feasibility study of producing multi-metal parts by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technique
Feasibility study of producing multi-metal parts by Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) techniqueDownload Paper published to ScienceDirect 17 May 2021 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1526612521003431 Feasibility study of producing multi-metal parts by...
Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Topology Optimized Low-Cost 3D Printed Heat Sink Made of Copper
Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Topology Optimized Low-Cost 3D Printed Heat Sink Made of CopperDownload Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Topology Optimized Low-Cost 3D Printed Heat Sink Made of CopperDownload Paper published to ProQuest May 2021...
Prediction of Dimensional Changes of Low-Cost Metal Material Extrusion Fabricated Parts Using Machine Learning Techniques
Prediction of Dimensional Changes of Low-Cost Metal Material Extrusion Fabricated Parts Using Machine Learning TechniquesDownload Prediction of Dimensional Changes of Low-Cost Metal Material Extrusion Fabricated Parts Using Machine Learning TechniquesDownload Paper...
Rheology scaling of spherical metal powders dispersed in thermoplastics and its correlation to the extrudability of filaments for 3D printing
Rheology scaling of spherical metal powders dispersed in thermoplastics and its correlation to the extrudability of filaments for 3D printingDownload Rheology scaling of spherical metal powders dispersed in thermoplastics and its correlation to the extrudability of...
Fused Filament Fabrication of Metallic Components for Semi-professional and Home Use
"State-of-the-art 3D-printing with metal filaments based on the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process is discussed in this paper, by a literature review and own printing tests. Commercially available metal filaments (composites with metal powder content) are...
Preliminary investigation into metal-material extrusion
"Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies provide a method of fabrication that minimizes the production of waste and maximizes part customization. The most common form of this technology is material extrusion (ME) in which material is deposited layer-by-layer to...
Mechanical and Thermal Analyses of Metal-PLA Components Fabricated by Metal Material Extrusion
Mechanical and Thermal Analyses of Metal-PLA Components Fabricated by Metal Material ExtrusionDownload Mechanical-and-Thermal-Analyses-of-Metal-PLA-Components-Fabricated-by-Metal-Material-ExtrusionDownload Paper published to MDPI on 24 August 2020...
PRELIMINARY MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOW-COSTMETAL 3D PRINTING
PRELIMINARY MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOW-COSTMETAL 3D PRINTINGDownload PRELIMINARY MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LOW-COSTDownload Paper published August 2020
Microstructure and Phase Analysis of 3D-Printed Components Using Bronze Metal Filament
"Typical metal 3D printing processes with powders require either a laser or electron beam as the heating source. In this work, an alternative non-expensive metal 3D printing process based on the fused deposition modeling process using metal filled filament is studied....
Metal Filament 3D Printing of SS316L- Focusing on the printing process
"As a cutting edge manufacturing methodology, 3D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) bringsmuch more attention to the fabrication of complex structure, especially in the manufacturing ofmetal parts.A number of various metal AM techniques have been studied and...
SINTERING AND CHARACTERIZATIONS OF 3D PRINTED BRONZEMETAL FILAMENT
"Metal 3D printing typically requires high energy laser or electron sources. Recently, 3D printingusing metal filled filaments becomes available which uses PLA filaments filled with metalpowders (such as copper, bronze, brass, and stainless steel). Although there are...
Thermal conductivity of sintered copper samples prepared using 3Dprinting-compatible polymer composite filaments
"Metal-filled polymers containing micro-powders of highly conductive metals can serve as a starting material tofabricate complex metal structures using economic filament extrusion-based 3D printing and molding methods. Wereport our measurements of the thermal...