Additive manufacturing at the forefront of research
Published on October 25, 2022 – Updated on November 10, 2023
The factory of the future, energy transition and engineering for health are the three major research focuses at Centrale Nantes. In 2021, additive manufacturing was the flagship process that led to remarkable advances in manufacturing and medical biofabrication. The work carried out has also targeted the manufacture of parts in the railway and shipbuilding industries and, in the medical field, the biofabrication of human organs.
- 3D biofabrication of an intestine from human pluripotent stem cells for transplantation - the project is underwayDecember 15, 2021Luciano Vidal and Jean-Yves Hascoët have embarked upon a new project at Centrale Nantes: 3D biofabrication of an intestine from human pluripotent stem cells for transplantation.
- Breast cancer: GeM researchers working on developing an 'organ-on-a-chip' using biofabricationDecember 15, 2021Breast cancer is the most common cancer. Lifestyle and environment are now considered as risk factors for cancer.
- Centrale Nantes acquires a new additive manufacturing machineSeptember 22, 2021Last July, Centrale Nantes acquired a selective laser melting (SLM) additive manufacturing machine. This new equipment can be used to manufacture parts for various sectors: aeronautics, aerospace, naval industry, automobile, railway, etc., but also for the medical field.
- 25th European Convention for Additive ManufacturingJune 8, 2021 - June 10, 2021France Additive is organising the 25th edition of the European Convention for Additive Manufacturing (AEFA 2021) from 8 to 10 June 2021.
- Design for Additive Manufacturing: what is the future of products? conference with Alain BernardMay 27, 2021The Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CFACI) and Fraunhofer IAPT research institute are co-organizing an online conference on design for additive manufacturing and the future of products.
- Centrale Nantes and SNCF produce a train part by additive manufacturing. A real breakthrough.February 11, 2021Within the scope of its national Additive Manufacturing project, the SCNF (Rolling Stock Engineering division) called upon Centrale Nantes’s expertise to study the feasibility of producing certain components. The production of a pivot, an interconnecting part, by additive manufacturing is an achievement that opens up new avenues for the design of metallic components.
- Additive manufacturing of a propeller: a world first for the Joint Laboratory of Marine TechnologyJanuary 13, 2021Almost 3 years of R&D work within the Joint Laboratory of Marine Technology went into the development of the metal 3D printing process by which this propeller was produced.
