[EN] 3D-printing has been established as a fast and low-cost technology to produce prototypes in small numbers. However, depending on the geometry of a part the print time still can be reduced by splitting the part in two ...
[EN] Flexure hinges are non-assemble flexible joints that allow the relative rotation of two adjacent rigid parts through bending. Traditionally thermoplastic material hinges are made through injection moulding. 3D printing ...
[EN] Medical grippers can be used for various purposes. They are a standard instrument in medical technology and are widely used every day for multiple applications. Jointless grippers, which, due to their geometry and ...
[EN] Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) is an additive manufacturing technology that uses molten thermoplastic materials forced through a nozzle to build parts layer-wise and enables the manufacturing single and multiple ...
[EN] Shape memory polymers (SMP) are materials with a special structure, designed to react to a certain stimulus. Using such SMPs with 3D printing technology opens up further fields of application thus providing for the ...
Michalak, Martin; Sover, Alexandru(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-03-12)
[EN] One of the common welding methods for polymer rooftop sheets is the overlap welding by hot air. For this method two rooftop sheets are put over each other with a certain overlapping part and then a hot air fan, followed ...
[EN] Laboratories contribute considerably to the global production of plastic waste. It was estimated that labs involved in biological, medical, and agricultural research produce around 5.5 million tonnes of plastic waste ...
[EN] Additive manufacturing gained popularity in the 2000s and is now considered a new or emerging technology of the 21st century. However, the origin of the process is much older and has existed for several decades, more ...
[EN] Fused Filament Fabrication has become one of the most popular additive manufacturing technologies due to many hardware options and materials at affordable prices. A reason for its success is the open-source status of ...