On July 10th Innovate UK and the KTN held a business innovation day to showcase 30 of the Innovate UK projects that are currently active in the area of Additive Manufacturing. The presentations and pitches made on the day are now available to download. Topic 6 focuses on New Materials and Conductive Components.

1. Topic
6:
New
materials
&
conductive
components
Presenting
Marlin
Magallanes
Rebecca
Gingell
Gethin Roberts
Todd
Williams

2. 3D-­‐GlaSS
3D-­‐Glass-­‐Laser-­‐Sintered-­‐Structure
Dr
M.
Magallanes
– Glass
Technology
Services
Awaiting
approved
slides
Project
ref
103447

3. Topic
6:
New
materials
&
conductive
components
Pitches

4. Project
title:
Abstract:
Presenter: Rebecca
Gingell,
OxMet
Technologies
• Research
into
the
relationship
between
alloy
composition
and
alloy
‘printability’
• Development
of
2
new
alloys
– a
nickel
alloy
and
a
titanium
alloy
– optimised
for
the
AM
process
Optimisation
of
superalloys
for
additive
manufacture
using
computational
methods
OxMet
Technologies
Project
ref
104047

5. Project
Objectives Project
ref
104047
Your
requests
to
UK
Research
(Universities,
UKRI)How
does
this
contribute
to
delivering
the
AM-­‐UK
Strategy?
Progress/
Learning/
Outcomes
Strength
Printability
Printability
merit
index
developed
for
nickel
alloys
6
bespoke
alloys
identified
and
produced
First-­‐in-­‐class
alloys
tested
for
cracking,
strength
and
creep
Significant
performance
improvement
demonstrated
We
are
looking
for
development
partners
with
whom
to
further
optimise
our
alloys.
If
you
have
a
performance-­‐critical
nickel
application,
please
come
and
find
us!
oxmet-­‐technologies.com
• Encourage
use
of
AM
for
high-­‐performance
applications
• Computationally
optimised
alloys
make
AM:
• More
economical
• More
reliable
• Higher
performance

6. Project
title:
Integrated
Manufacture
of
Polymer
and
Conductive
Tracks
(IMPACT)
Abstract:
Development
of
a
5-­‐axis
additive
layer
manufacturing
(ALM)
technology
that
combines
deposition
of
polymer
based
materials
and
electrically
conductive
inks.
Presenter
name/
company:
Gethin Roberts,
Director
ITERATE
Design
+
Innovation
Project
ref
103463

7. Project
Objectives Project
ref
103463
Your
requests
to
UK
Research
(Universities,
UKRI)How
does
this
contribute
to
delivering
the
AM-­‐UK
Strategy?
Progress/
Learning/
Outcomes
1. Develop
a
functioning
5-­‐axis
machine
that
combines
technologies
2. Development
of
conductive
inks
that
are
best
suited
to
FDM
polymer
3. Cloud
based
platform
to
support
distributed
manufacturing
4. Production
of
electro-­‐mechanical
demonstrators
product/s
• Technical
development
of
machine
• Limitations
of
combining
conductive
ink
with
FDM
polymers;
performance
• Commercial
exploitation
of
the
technology
via
machine
sales
and
supporting
cloud
based
platform
• Exploit
high
value
niche
markets
and
the
potential
of
re-­‐distributed
manufacturing
Develop
additive
manufacturing
techniques,
materials,
inspection
processes
and
standards
to
deliver
outstanding
results
at
industry-­‐leading
quality
at
scale.
Future:
development
of
CAD
modelling
software
that
effectively
combines
3D
part
geometry
with
electronic
schematics

8. Project
ref
103463

9. Project
title:
3DP-­‐Harness
Abstract:
Industrial
research
of
an
innovative
technology
for
the
robotic
manufacture
of
wiring
harnesses
through
digital
and
additive
manufacturing.
Presenter
name/
company:
Todd
Williams
Printed
Electronics
Ltd
Project
ref
103463Project
ref
133257

10. Project
Objectives
Your
requests
to
UK
Research
(Universities,
UKRI)How
does
this
contribute
to
delivering
the
AM-­‐UK
Strategy?
Progress/
Learning/
Outcomes
• Evaluate
feasibility
of
automated
manufacture
of
wiring
harness
• Develop
a
demonstrator
for
manufacture
using
digital
and
additive
manufacturing.
• The
project
we
will
use
metallic
wires
and
inserts
rather
than
inks.
• Technical
challenges
and
current
state
of
the
art.
• Industry
standards
and
traditions.
• Platforms
for
integrated
3D
build
and
wire
insertion
• The
AM-­‐UK
strategy
aims
to
create
a
competitive
advantage
in
high
value
manufacturing
areas.
Wiring
harness
manufacturing
in
the
UK
is
high
value
(aero
etc.)
but
these
are
currently
manually
constructed.
• An
automated
approach
would
enhance
technical
content,
function
and
quality
as
well
as
protecting
the
UK
manufacturing
position.
• Multi-­‐material
deposition
in
3D
builds
• Metal-­‐plastic
interfaces
• Metal
joining
expertise
• Testing
and
validation
Project
ref
133257Project
ref
133257