At the beginning of 2022, the DLR Innovation Lab EmpowerAX reached an important milestone in terms of collaboration and technology transfer in the field of fibre-reinforced 3D printing with the signing of a multilateral cooperation agreement by 23 partners of different sizes and from different industries. In order to implement the joint technology transfer after…
Nowadays, more regenerative energy, especially more wind energy, is the order of the day. Above all else, this can be achieved with ever larger wind turbines. Such developments should lead to a decrease in the cost of energy as well as the space required for wind farms. However, wind turbines cannot simply keep growing without…
The implementation of new technologies presents a number of challenges for companies – from selecting a suitable technology to implementing it within their existing process set-up. As a result, companies look to find all the relevant information for technology implementation combined in one place. This is precisely what the DLR Empower Additive Extrusion Innovation Lab…
A newly developed impregnation technology enables cost-effective and flexible production of continuous fibre-reinforced thermoplastic 3D printing filaments. When combined with additive material extrusion processes, this makes it possible to implement lightweight yet highly resilient components made of thermoplastic fibre composites cost-effectively, even for new businesses and manufacturers of small production runs. Production of continuous fibre-reinforced…