Advances in Additive Manufacturing Processes and Materials

Computed tomography characterisation of additive manufacturing materials.

Additive manufacturing, covering processes frequently referred to as rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing, provides new opportunities in the manufacture of highly complex and custom-fitting medical devices and products. Whilst many medical applications of AM have been explored and physical properties of the resulting parts have been studied, the characterisation of AM materials in computed...

EPDM Membrane Production: Materials and Manufacturing Processes

Because these reactive sites are pendant (not part of the main backbone chain) there are no weak points on the main chain. This is unlike for example Natural Rubber or SBR, where these necessary reactive sites are along the main chain. This means that reactive entities in the atmosphere (for example Ozone, which is very aggressive) can easily attack and degrade these materials. This also explai...

Additive manufacturing of fatigue resistant materials: Challenges and opportunities

Additive manufacturing methods and materials for electrokinetic systems

Fabrication of miniaturized devices is usually time-consuming, costly, and the materials commonly used limit the structures that are possible to create. The techniques most often used to make microsystems involve multiple steps, where each step takes considerable time, and if only a few systems are to be made, the price per device becomes excessive. This thesis describes how a simple syringebas...

Complex metallic alloys as new materials for additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing processes allow freeform fabrication of the physical representation of a three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) data model. This area has been expanding rapidly over the last 20 years. It includes several techniques such as selective laser sintering and stereolithography. The range of materials used today is quite restricted while there is a real demand for manufac...