5G, the future of mobile communications, ultra-fast video streaming and autonomous car radar, is seeking precision 3D printing methods for its circuitry. In a University of Birmingham project set for …
University of Birmingham chooses Renishaw 3D printers for healthcare
The University of Birmingham (UoB) has installed two of Renishaw’s RenAM 500M metal additive manufacturing systems to service its Centre for Custom Medical Devices (CMD). The systems were installed by…
University of Leeds project is developing tarmac 3D printing robots to repair roads
The University of Leeds is pioneering a £4.2 million national infrastructure research project that will use tarmac 3D printing robots to repair potholes and cracks. These robots will be both aerial an…
MTC calls for contributions to stem additive manufacturing skills shortage
The UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is where 3D printing and traditional manufacturing converge. Established as an independent Research & Technology Organisation (RTO) in 2010, th…
3D printed steel discovery could make “the next generation of structural alloys”
In material development, strength and ductility can be considered as opposite ends of a rope. As the level of one property improves, the quality of the other lessens. So it is in the interest of metal…
Johnson Matthey 3D prints with precious metals to produce anti-bacterial prosthesis
British chemical company Johnson Matthey has identified the potential of 3D printing with precious metals for medical applications. As part of consortium the company use 3D printing to create anti-bac…
实现additiv控制是关键因素e manufacturing in industry
According to the UK’s Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), control is the key factor for the implementation of additive manufacturing in an industrial setting. Speaking at today’s Additi…
Inside the AMPLab: zero-gravity 3D printed metal and the future of materials
Professor Moataz Attallah is the director of the University of Birmingham’s specialist Advanced Materials and Processing Lab, known as AMPLab. Additive manufacturing from the AMPLab is behind of some …