Loughborough University
Leicestershire, UK
LE11 3TU
+44 (0)1509 263171
Loughborough University

Additive Manufacturing Research Group

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Welcome

Located within the Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, the Additive Manufacturing Research Group (AMRG) at Loughborough University is widely regarded as the world's leading centre for Additive Manufacturing (AM) research, development and dissemination.

The research group (formerly known as the Rapid Manufacturing Research Group) includes both internationally leading academics and one of the world's most comprehensive additive manufacturing laboratories, supported by state-of-the-art testing facilities.

The aim of the AMRG is to push forward the development and application of additive layer manufacturing technologies into main stream industrial applications.

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AMRG Researchers Win 'Outstanding Paper' Award
27th July 2010

AMRG researchers win award Hadi Zarringhalam, Candice Majewski and Neil Hopkinson have been awarded the Rapid Prototyping Journal's Outstanding Paper Award 2010, for their paper 'Degree of Particle Melt in Nylon-12 Selective Laser Sintered Parts'.

The nominator, Prof. Dave Bourell said:
"This one is the best stab to date at understanding and predicting the effect of SLS processing on part properties, one of the holy grails of AM"
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Image of jetting nozzles Jetting of Nylon
Investigating a radically new way of manufacturing plastic parts in nylon, one of the main engineering materials in use today.
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AM structure image Tailored Injury Prevention for Protective Sports Garments (Scuta)
Sports PPE should be tailored to the individual athlete ...
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Optical fibres image Smart Material Structures by Ultrasonic Consolidation
Industry is seeking feasible, low cost methods for the fabrication of metal-matrix structures with embedded devices ...
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