Project description DEENESFRITPL Optimised and cost-effective 3D printing 3D printing has taken the world by storm with the market expected to top 16.5 million euro by the end of 2022. Despite its growth, challenges exist. Equipment and product costs are high and printing speed is inversely proportional to accuracy. As it is difficult to get real-time, in situ feedback, defects are not easily monitored and quality potentially compromised. The EU-funded PET project is developing a cost-effective way to help with quality issues. It will use electrical impedance measurements during the printing process along with conductively doped material to get real-time feedback during the printing process. PET says this method could be implemented on a wider scale, with faster and higher quality prints hitting the market. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective 3D printing is literally building our future in realising components and parts which cannot either be manufactured with standard techniques (milling, lathing) or for which the scale does not justify the use of molding techniques which require longer time and are only convenient for a high production scale. The problem with current 3D printing is the tradeoff between speed and precision: if we want to print fast in additive manufacturing, it is more difficult to know what physically happens with the deposition, and increasing speed is always at the cost of precision. This is mostly due to the fact that the deposition process is basically in Open Loop. Currently there is a strong demand for in-situ measurement techniques to enable real time feedback, where the newest camera based techniques only allow for measurements on the outer surface of prints. The proposed innovation wants to create real time feedback by using easily implementable electrical impedance measurements during the printing process together with conductively doped material, measuring multipoint impedances among points on the substrate and the nozzle to possibly realize a tomographic description of the print. This intrinsically cheap method can be used pervasively and has ground breaking potential for both the professional and consumer 3D printing market. Prints will be of higher quality, printing will be faster and losses will be reduced. This will increase the usability, reliability and throughput of 3D printing which are the major concerns in this manufacturing technology for both the professional and the consumer market. The idea has been patented and industry has already confirmed strong interest. With the support of the ERC-PoC, the PI and his multidisciplinary team will be able to address the questions still to be answered in close collaboration with the industrial partner Ultimaker in order to address the correct scientific questions needed for a successful transfer to market. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringadditive manufacturing Programme(s) HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Topic(s) ERC-2022-POC1 - ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS1 Call for proposal ERC-2022-POC1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-AG-LS - HORIZON Lump Sum Grant Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE Net EU contribution € 150 000,00 Address Drienerlolaan 5 7522 NB Enschede Netherlands See on map Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
