Abstract
The Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group (3DPRG) hosts the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Additive Manufacturing.
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the direct fabrication of end-use products and components using technologies that deposit material layer-by-layer. It enables the manufacture of geometrically complex, low to medium volume production components in a range of materials, with little, if any, fixed tooling or manual intervention beyond the initial product design.
The primary focus of this research group is to go beyond established single material ‘passive’ AM processes and applications that exhibit conventional levels of functionality, toward the challenges of investigating next generation, multi-material active AM processes, materials and design systems.
Biography
A leading light in additive manufacturing, Phill Dickens is known as one of the first proponents of 3D printing in the UK and beyond Phill works on 3D Printing processes and on crafting UK strategy in 3D printing and is pushing for its acceptance both in Government and Industry worldwide.