Excursion into PEEK’s crystallization behavior Some classes of polymeric materials exhibit semi-crystalline attributes at the molecular and microstructural levels. In such cases there is a co-existence of the crystalline phase and the amorphous phase in the material....

With the support of the Initiative Mittelstand, Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH, as well as numerous media partners, the „INDUSTRY PRIZE 2018“chose its winners. The competition recognizes the most innovative industrial products and solutions for the current...

Polymeric materials still play a pivotal role in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM). It holds the record of being the longest most serving material in the AM world. Although metals and ceramics; especially metals, have in recent times been given highly...

Research and Development (R&D) is the fundamental building block for any advancement in our industrial evolution. Nations, companies and schools that invest time, people and key business resources into R&D are oftentimes ahead of their competitive curve. A major...

In the past 6 years there has been a determined effort in the systems safety critical industries to adopt 3D printing as a toolset for prototyping and the production of highly customized proprietary parts. For instance in November 2014 a space conditioned 3D printer...

Reduction in material usage and increased cost efficiency are two important manufacturing-based goals. The concept parts creation for these two goals is possible with topology optimization tools and Apium P Series 3D printers, which are designed to produce your...

Launched on November 2016 at Formnext, Apium confirms that the first shipments of the new Apium P-series 3D printer -Apium P220- will be done in fourth quarter of 2017. The CTO and founder of Apium Additive Technologies GmbH, Prof. Dr. Brando Okolo, answered the...

If you follow the “money” in the world of 3D Printing, it becomes clear that we are experiencing an era in which investors are betting more on metal based systems than on any other material class. However, it goes without saying that in the global materials market,...

Apium Additive Technologies is one of the Baden-Württemberg's environmental technology innovators The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy Industry has been awarding the environmental technology price since 2009 in a two-year cycle for outstanding and...

A broad range of materials are today capable of being processed under different kinds of manufacturing scenarios. Polymers are especially interesting in this regard because they can be conveniently processed using most existing manufacturing methods. Polymers are also...