Additive Manufacturing

University College Dublin

Ireland

Stereolithography file (STL)

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Printing Technologies

  • Stereolithography (photo polymer)
  • Selective Laser Sintering (powder bed and lasers)
  • Plaster-based 3D printing (powder bed and inkjet)
  • Laminated object manufacturing (paper, foil, plastic film )
  • Fused Deposition Modelling (extrusion)

Design Optimisation

Medical Application

Complex Geometries

Complex Internal Structures

Turbulators

Nano-Scale Fabrication

Bio-Printing

Applications in UCD

  • Biology
  • Medicine
  • Anatomy
  • Design optimisation
  • Testing and validation

Benefits for UCD

  • No center of excellence in Ireland
  • Rapid prototyping for NOVA UCD
  • Additive manufacturing collaboration with industry (Osteoanchor, Stryker)
  • 3D research transferable to other application
  • Collaboration with European manufacturers
  • Patent expiration driving system development

Questions?