Additive Manufacturing: industry necessities and research solutions

14:00 – 16:00                                                                       JUNE 14, 2019

Additive manufacturing can revolutionize various branches of engineering by completely changing the way industrial parts are produced. With engineering software that can automatically design the shape of parts in order to provide maximum efficiency in withstanding mechanical solicitations, shapes are no longer constricted. Due to their complicate design, these parts are near impossible to produce by subtractive manufacturing and the only alternative is additive manufacturing. Industrials are aware of its long-term benefits and embraced it for solving current technological set-backs. The workshop organizers from Center for Advanced Laser Technologies (CETAL), the newest research facility of the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), are actively involved in working with various companies in Romania in the framework of a POC-G Project (Partnership for knowledge transfer) devoted to cladding and 3D printing of metal parts for reconstruction, repair and protection of machine parts.

The workshop would be a unique opportunity to gather for the first time at a round table the main representatives at national level in this field from both research and industry. The workshop will consist of a first part with short presentations of the expertise and research of Laboratories in additive manufacturing and of companies interested in developing additive manufacturing branches / technological transfer of additive manufacturing technologies. The second part will be devoted to open discussions related to industry needs, technologies shortcomings to be resolved, exchange of ideas on development of additive manufacturing techniques, funding of industrial research and technological transfer.

Workshop Program

14:00-14:10 “Additive manufacturing: industry necessities and research solutions” Opening speech related to the motivation of the workshop, Dr. Andrei Popescu, Laser Materials Processing Laboratory- LaMP (INFLPR-National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics

14:10-14:30 Short presentation of the CETAL infrastructure Dr. Marian Zamfirescu, Laser Technologies Center –CETAL (INFLPR)

14:30-14:45 Ultrafast laser microfabrication based on multiphoton absorption, Bogdan Calin, POLITEHNICA University Bucharest, Applied Sciences Doctoral School

14:45-15:00  Implementation of additive manufacturing technology for patient specific implants – selective laser sintering of biocompatible plastic powders, Nichita Larisa Milodin, National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique (INCDMTM)

15:00-15:15 Implementation of additive manufacturing technology for patient specific implants – selective laser sintering of biocompatible metallic powders, Nicoleta Mirela Popa, National Institute of Research and Development in Mechatronics and Measurement Technique (INCDMTM) –

15:15-15:30 Design, manufacturing and testing of Ti6Al4V prostheses printed by laser melting deposition, Diana Chioibasu, Laser Technologies Center-CETAL (INFLPR)

15:30-15:45 Prototype cranial mesh prostheses produced by Laser Additive Manufacturing, Theodor Milian, S.C. XProjects Aerospace SRL

15:45-16:00 Round table dealing with 3D printing innovations, establishing a national network of additive manufacturing to include universities, research institutes and companies. Representatives of some national companies will present their point of view about the future of additive technologies, what recommends them to become industrially competitive and which are the current limitations of additive technologies.