High-performance ceramics (e.g., alumina, zirconia) offer extreme hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, thermal stability, electrical insulation, and biocompatibility—great for aerospace, energy, electronics, and medical uses. Conventional ceramic manufacturing is costly (sintering shrinkage, diamond grinding). AM could cut cost and lead time dramatically. Laser-based powder bed fusion builds parts layer-by-layer by selectively melting powder with a focused laser. It’s established for metals and polymers; extending it to engineering ceramics promises near-net-shape, complex parts without tooling.
NUM: A retrofit Concept Laser machine made together with NUM (innosuisse project). Completely open and flexible!
Aconity midi+: Enables suitable printing of Ceramic materials with dopants (such as carbon black)
Spray dryer: Used to generate custom made ceramic formulations and spherical particles.
Flacktek centrifugal Planatary blender: Used to make highly homogenous slurries perfect for DLP and spray drying applications
Advanced CO2 catalysts: Using special ceramic materials, can we generate advanced filters to not only anchor CO2, but also react it to other molecules (e.g. Methanol, Oxolate, polymers). The goal is using AM to generate highly functional surfaces to engage with CO2 and under the right conditions assist it in conversion to other molecules
Next steps: Ongoing project - Partner acqusition
Due to Confidentiality reasons, we are unable to show the ongoing projects in detail. However, below are abstracts as findable on ARAMIS:
Advanced Osteochondral Grafts: Biomimetic, Bioactive, and Bioresorbable Ceramics via Additive Manufacturing: (innosuisse): Current clinical methods for osteochondral (OC) grafts often fail to replicate the intricate architecture of OC tissue. We propose an advanced biofabrication approach to accurately reproduce this structure, significantly enhancing the potential effectiveness of OC grafts in clinical applications.