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As an independent not-for-profit platform, Flam3D exists for all stakeholders who are active in the domain of 3D-printing. We unite, represent and support companies, research institutions, governments and stakeholders. Flam3D is looking to strengthen value chains, both inside and outside the organization. We are open for companies and organizations interested in 3D-printing and Additive Manufacturing applications. Within our network, we will always find relevant contacts to help you with your 3D challenge. This page gives an overview of our main activities.
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A stronger 3D printing network thanks to collaboration between Flam3D and Mikrocentrum
Flam3D and Mikrocentrum strengthen cooperation during the last Techcafé of 2022 by signing a declaration of intent....
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...21 December, 2022
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Over 100 organisations active in 3D-printing in Belgium and the Netherlands are affiliated to Flam3D. All these organisations represent virtually the entire 3D ecosystem: suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, companies that use additive or hybrid manufacturing, schools and research institutes.
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3D Printing with Cellulose fungal-like adhesive material (FLAM)
Home Markets Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing with Cellulose fungal-like adhesive material (FLAM)
Additive manufacture of fungus-like materials. (a) Design of the wind turbine blade fully made of FLAM. The inner core of the blade, built by additive manufacturing, is designed to allow ventilation and reduce weight. The outer shell is produced by coating the core with a 3 mm layer of FLAM.Cellulose is the most abundant and broadly distributed organic compound and industrial by-product on Earth. However, despite decades of extensive research, the bottom-up use of cellulose to fabricate 3D objects is still plagued with problems that restrict its practical applications: derivatives with vast polluting effects, use in combination with plastics, lack of scalability and high production cost.
Here we demonstrate the general use of cellulose to manufacture large 3D objects. Our approach diverges from the common association of cellulose with green plants and it is inspired by the wall of the fungus-like oomycetes, which is reproduced introducing small amounts of chitin between cellulose fibers. The resulting fungal-like adhesive material(s) (FLAM) are strong, lightweight and inexpensive, and can be molded or processed using woodworking techniques. We believe this first large-scale additive manufacture with ubiquitous biological polymers will be the catalyst for the transition to environmentally benign and circular manufacturing models.
Cellulose and chitin are the first and second most abundant polymers on the surface of the Earth, and consequently a recurrent topic of research for their potential utilization in manufacture. Typically, cellulose is associated
with plants and chitin with arthropods, however, the natural occurrence of both biopolymers as structural components broadens to most kingdoms of eukaryota and bacteria.
Despite their abundance, they rarely coappear in the same organism. One exception of this is certain species of oomycetes, a large class of eukaryotic organisms. Oomycetes grow in a mycelial form as fungi. However, in contrast to fungi which are characterized by a chitinous wall, oomycetes’ cell walls, and those of their close relative hyphochytrids, are predominately based on cellulose.
In the last few years, the pathogenic nature of some oomycetes has motivated a meticulous characterization of their wall singularities, as possible targets for disease control. Those studies have also shed some light on the characteristics of natural structures made of chitin and cellulose. This knowledge has a direct application in the development of bio-inspired materials. We now know oomycetes are not a homogeneous population but a combination of members with at least three distinctive cell wall types. While those walls are mostly composed of cellulose, they also contain low concentrations of chitinous polymers, comprising up to 10% of the cellulose.
Inspired by this idea we studied the effects on manufacturability of cellulose by the addition of small amounts (<15%) of highly deacetylated chitin (i.e. chitosan) and the influence of the chitinous polymer in the ability of the composite to form three-dimensional structures.
Read more: Large-scale additive manufacturing with bioinspired cellulosic materials
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