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Applications of 3D Printing in Different Industries

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Additive Manufacturing Technologies".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 1975

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Davoud Jafari

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Department of Design, Production, and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 Nb Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: heat transfer; energy conversion
Dr. Tom H.J. Vaneker

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Co-Guest Editor
Department of Design, Production, and Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 Nb Enschede, The Netherlands
Interests: rapid prototyping; robotics; design for additive manufacturing

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Additive manufacturing (AM), or so-called 3D printing, is a game-changing technology that has rapidly progressed from its initial applications in prototyping to large-scale use in manufacturing processes for making a variety of products. Products that require small batches, complex geometries, custom-fit designs, digital replacement parts, and other small- or large-scale components can be produced with 3D printing. Thus, this technology is receiving significant attention in various industries, including the aerospace, medical, energy, electrical products, and automotive industries, and many more. However, 3D printing is a rapidly growing technology. How can we keep up with the latest advances in industries while selecting which technologies to employ and adapting them to our existing manufacturing systems?

This Special Issue invites experts from academia and industries to contribute to disseminating the latest research on 3D printing technology and exploring new trends and challenges in this fascinating field. This collection of research works and applications in this field will serve as a guide to improving current additive manufacturing methods for specific applications and help specialists keep up to date with cutting-edge technologies and applications.

This Special Issue encompasses all recent research progress in the development of 3D printing in different industries. This includes binding jetting, directed energy deposition, material extrusion, material jetting, powder bed fusion, sheet lamination, and vat photopolymerization. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the application of 3D printing of (i) metals and alloys, (ii) polymers and composites, (iii) ceramics, and (iv) concrete in different industries.

Dr. Davoud Jafari
Dr. Tom H.J. Vaneker
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy applications, including energy storage and conversion and thermal management
  • aerospace industry
  • automotive industry
  • food industry
  • healthcare and medical industry
  • architecture, building, and construction industry
  • fabric and fashion industry
  • electric and electronic industry

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Design and Implementation of an Additively Manufactured Reactor Concept for the Catalytic Methanation
by Alexander Hauser, Michael Neubert, Alexander Feldner, Alexander Horn, Fabian Grimm and Jürgen Karl
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(18), 9393; https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189393 - 19 Sep 2022
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The methanation process is discussed as one way to chemically store renewable energy in a future energy system. An important criterion for its application is the availability of compact, low-cost reactor concepts with high conversion rates for decentralized use where the renewable energy [...] Read more.
The methanation process is discussed as one way to chemically store renewable energy in a future energy system. An important criterion for its application is the availability of compact, low-cost reactor concepts with high conversion rates for decentralized use where the renewable energy is produced. Current research focuses on the maximization of the methane yield through improved temperature control of the exothermic reaction, which attempts to avoid both kinetic and thermodynamic limitations. In this context, traditional manufacturing methods limit the design options of the reactor and thus the temperature control possibilities. The use of additive manufacturing methods removes this restriction and creates new freedom in the design process. This paper formulates the requirements for a novel methanation reactor and presents their implementation to a highly innovative reactor concept called ‘ADDmeth’. By using a conical reaction channel expanding from Ø 8 to 32 mm, three twisted, expanding heat pipes (Ø 8 mm in evaporation zone, Ø 12 mm in condenser zone) and a lattice structure for feed gas preheating and mechanical stabilization of the reactor, the design explicitly exploits the advantages of additive manufacturing. The reactor is very compact with a specific mass of 0.36 kg/kW and has a high share of functional volume of 52%. The reactor development was accompanied by tensile tests of additively manufactured samples with the used material 1.4404 (316 L), strength calculations for stability verification and feasibility studies on the printability of fine structures. Ultimate tensile strengths of up to 750 N/mm2 (at room temperature) and sufficiently high safety factors of the pressure-loaded structures against yielding were determined. Finally, the paper presents the manufactured bench-scale reactor ADDmeth1 and its implementation. Full article
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