Additive Studies

Would you like to scale your AM part production, but find post-processing too costly?

Reducing cost of L-PBF parts with the right support removal strategies. Fraunhofer IAPT is about to start a research study that will compare different approaches to support removal and offer technology-specific guidelines and designs to reduce the effort and cost of support removal.

Study duration: 10 months
Scheduled to begin in February 2025
Investigation of two materials and five removal strategies

Download Flyer Support Study.pdf

The study will enable you to

assess different support removal strategies
speed and simplify support structure removal
automate the support removal process most effectively
optimize support structures for your technologies

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How do seals and sealing technology benefit from 3D printing with silicone?

When it comes to custom production of seals in small quantities, such as batch sizes of one or prototypes of new seal geometries, creating the necessary tooling can be very costly. Join our feasibility study today to discover whether additively manufactured seals and silicones provide a cost-effective alternative!

Three inquiry levels starting from three participants and upwards
Study duration: 10 months
Scheduled to begin: in Q2 2025

Download Flyer Feasibility Study.pdf

The study will

portray the opportunities and limitations of AM for processing silicones
provide an overview of the available technologies and materials
align the requirements of sealing technology with the capabilities of 3D printing
evaluate the processability of traditional materials from sealing technology
empower sponsors to influence the specific requirements and materials that Fraunhofer IAPT will investigate.

Be part of the study