IRIS 3D Solutions

3D Printing technology is emerging to the the main stream and becoming an unavoidable part of every common person. As it is the potential application of today to almost every industry in the world, it is receiving immense investment and research support. Along with this inexorable march to the future have come some uniquely interesting potential applications of the technology. Never before has humanity had the ability to replicate durable objects so easily and quickly. From creating replacement parts for machines to developing prototypes from scratch, the technology has advanced immensely over the last decade. Here are few important points where 3D Printing can play potential role; 1 . Precision Medicine It can have multiple applications in precision medicine -- from creating personalized organs, skin grafts or mechanical parts to printing targeted nano-particles, food and pills that are adapted to one's specific microbiome and physiology. This will be one of the drivers of the n...

Researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have been investigating methods to print microfiltration membranes and spacers using a variety of AM and hybrid 3D printing processes. The membranes and membrane spacers are used extensively in water treatment processes such as microfiltration / nanofiltration, reverse osmosis and membrane distillation. Membrane spacers are traditionally made by extrusion and welding of low-density polypropylene filaments into a mesh. This separates the membranes, which themselves are normally manufactured from porous ceramics, or polymers. Ceramic membranes have a high cost due to the high temperature requirements of the manufacturing process. Polymer membrane manufacture is so complex it requires accurate control and monitoring of process parameters that it similarly adds to the costs. Architectural scale models , all scale models , architectural building models , 3D Printing , ra...