In recent years, 3D printing has evolved from a technique that was used entirely for prototyping to one that also provides a valuable manufacturing pathway. In particular, 3D printing of fiber-reinfor...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a method of forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure by depositing an alloy composition on a target, and solidifying portions of the alloy composition to form t...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new EHD inkjet printing device with a groundless printhead. By separating the printhead and the substrate, the entire system can be made modular such that the p...
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UW-Madison innovators have designed a continuous helical 3D metal printer with an unbounded rotating powder volume. In one embodiment, the powder bed system exists as a torus, where powder is deposite...
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Composite materials are used in the aerospace, automotive, marine and defense industries because of their enhanced specific mechanical properties and functionality. One category of composite materials...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a high throughput powder spreadability testing system that can test powder spreadability at multiple layer thicknesses, multiple substrate materials, multiple bla...
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Real-time measurement of the printed line of an aerosol jet printer provides a good indication of whether the printing process is correctly configured. However, the complexity of the printing process...
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Quantum dots are nanometer-sized semiconductors with optical properties that result from a combination of their small size and quantum mechanical effects. In one important application, quantum dots ma...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an optical sensor for monitoring of laser-based manufacturing processes such as 3D printing. The device uses wavelength-swept lasers tuned across the absorption ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an alloy of chromium, molybdenum and aluminum that has shown survivability up to 1600 degrees C, as well as over exposure times of 120 hours through multiple ther...
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UW researchers have discovered methods for forming metal alloys, including refractory intermetallic alloys, and ceramic composites using reactive synthesis during additive manufacturing (AM). In the A...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a system and method for evaluating susceptibility of hot cracking in metal additive manufacturing. A tensile test-like substrate is pulled by a tensile test machi...
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UW-Madison researchers have discovered a new method to create pore-free metal powders for additive manufacturing applications. This is accomplished by removing the pores that are introduced during the...
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A solvent-less method for photo-redox mediated MF-ROMP that can be used to produce industrially relevant polymers. Recognizing that fluorinated alcohols have several comparable characteristics to ROMP...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a process for producing core-shell metal matrix nanocomposite wire for directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing. The procedure involves first produ...
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UW researchers have developed a novel design for the spreader component of powder bed-based additive manufacturing techniques, using a core-shell concept with low friction materials. The spreader is c...
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UW researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique for fabrication of metal foams with pore patterns. Unlike traditional manufacturing techniques used for fabrication of metal foams, this new m...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an improvement to the Fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing process whereby rotating the nozzle at high speeds causes the polymer melt along the wall to sh...
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Systems and methods for controlling support structures in manufacturing are provided. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for characterizing the support volume in the de...
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An additive printer dispenses filament having high volume content of axial reinforcing fibers impregnated with a partially cured thermoset material. Partial curing provides sufficient mechanical integ...
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Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a three-dimensional joint and/or formation thereof, such as by 3D-printing the joint. The joint is provided with an interface region having a curable ...
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Systems and methods for modifying and generating quadrilateral meshes for computer graphic structures include obtaining a polygon mesh representing a computer graphic structure, the polygon mesh compr...
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Aspects of the disclosure are directed to methods and/or apparatuses involving one or more of a conductive polymer, deposition of a conductive polymer and 3D (three-dimensional) printing of a continuo...
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A method for estimating a material characteristic of an article includes receiving a material property tensor having an associated reference direction. A tool path model of an additive manufacturing p...
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Systems and methods for generating designs of objects for additive manufacturing (AM) include a topological optimization framework that facilitates optimized computer generated designs requiring signi...
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