Manufacturing

Contrary to conventional subtractive manufacturing technologies, e.g. cutting, lathing, turning, milling and machining, in Additive Manufacturing (AM) a part is created by the consecutive addition of liquids, sheets or powdered materials in ultra-thin layers. The geometrical and structural complexit...

Additive manufacturing is a hot topic in many industries and the benefits realized from successfully utilising AM can be substantial. While AM offers many interesting possibilities, there is not widespread utilisation of AM in Marine industry currently. Main barriers to overcome are cost, scale of p...

Cellulose and pulp Wood is the main source (>90%) to produce plant-derived cellulose. While in theory any tree can be used for pulp-making, coniferous trees (softwood) are preferred because the cellulose fibers in the pulp of these species are longer, and therefore make stronger paper. Some of th...

As discussed in our series on the relationship between 3D printing and climate change, fossil fuel companies anticipating any regulation in response to global warming have warmed up to the idea of devoting more resources to plastics production. However, even plastics are being regulated to a minor d...

Three years ago we started the NOVUM project with great enthusiasm. Our target was to develop a novel process for manufacturing of electrical insulation components from cellulose, aiming at resource and energy saving, decreased waste generation and increased cost-effectiveness compared to the state-...

The Abis as a leader of Task 4.2 Detailed design completed following deliverables: Research works and market recognition were performed in the area of performing specific tasks such as: product vision shape and defect control, testing of metallic inclusions, surface treatment and cutting of cellulos...

The BRINTER® 3D printing method of 3DTech has been selected as the main additive manufacturing inline platform for the NOVUM project. In a major step forward in the field of additive manufacturing, BRINTER has demonstrated that it can successfully print constructs from cellulose granulates, a revol...