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AM-Trends – Insights & Workshop Event
The Innovation Booster Additive Manufacturing (IBAM) and CSEM invite you to learn more about the state of AM technology and discuss upcoming trends with experts in a short workshop. The workshop will take place on Wednesday June 5, 2024, 13:00 – 18:00 in Neuchâtel.
The keynote speakers Dr.-Ing. Thomas Studnitzky from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM from Dresden and Prof. Bianca Maria Colosimo from the Politecnico di Milano, Dep. of Mechanical Engineering will show you the possibilities that additive manufacturing can offer today and in the near future before the parallel group discussions.
A CSEM lab tour at 11:00 can also be booked by a limited number of participants.
You can register for the workshop event here, further information can be found here.
Innovation Boosters YoungTalents Event
“Young Talents for Innovative Industries” – a two-day innovation workshop organized by the 3 Innovation Boosters Additive Manufacturing (IBAM), Microtech and Photonics, which are all powered by Innosuisse. 27 interested young people from all over Switzerland created innovative solutions for different challenges proposed by the companies BienAir Dental, MPS Micro Precision Systems and Flex Precision Plastics Solutions. Out of the five innovative solution proposals two were recognized with sponsored awards. The event became so successful and exciting thanks to the great cooperation of the 3 innovation boosters, the involved experts, coaches and all the motivated participants.
We have captured the most exciting and beautiful moments in a video we made.
Additive Manufacturing, Microtech and Photonics – Innovation through Interdisciplinarity
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 1pm – 7pm
Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, rue d’Aarberg 46, 2503 Biel/Bienne
New fields of innovation arise when novel approaches from cross-technologies can be integrated. We bring together the technologies Additive Manufacturing (AM), Microtech and Photonics to identify new opportunities for radical innovation. Find novel approaches to your challenges by thinking outside the box!
With this workshop, the innovation boosters IBAM, Microtech and Photonics enable specialists from industry and research to discuss together ideas/needs and form innovation teams, which can be funded with up to 25k CHF.
Quality of additively manufactured parts
Wednesday, July 6th, 2022, 4pm – 6:30pm
Suisse Technology Partners AG, Querstrasse 5, 8212 Neuhausen a. Rhf
Additive manufacturing offers advantages in many respects, whether it involves personalized, highly complex or lightweight parts. In all cases, the required material properties and process reliability must be guaranteed. For optimal results, the specifics of additive manufacturing must be taken into account at the design stage, and production must be carried out by experienced technicians using the right materials and parameters. Learn first-hand how quality can be planned, produced and tested in additive manufacturing. Speakers from research, practical application and material qualification could be won for this purpose. A tour of the Suisse Technology Partners laboratories and a networking apero will round off this exciting and informative afternoon.
Registration (number of participants limited)
Innovation Booster – Project Presentations & Funding opportunities
Tuesday, July 5th 2022, 13.00h
ETH Zürich, Universitätsstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich – Room CHN G 42
The NTN Innovation Booster Additive Manufacturing (NTN IBAM) wants to unlock the huge potential which additive manufacturing, also called 3 D printing, offers for interested actors from industry, research and society.
In 2021 the NTN IBAM funded 11 projects in the fields of AM post processing, AM in Medtech and other areas. The project teams created, tested and validated promising applications and product ideas with existing and new technologies and materials.
Be inspired by these innovative project teams and learn how these exciting projects can be further promoted.
Qualification of additively manufactured components
Monday, 8 november 2021
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Campus Buchs
Gebäude 2, Raum G1
Werdenbergstrasse 4
CH-9471 Buchs SG
Technology presentations
- Inspire AG, Dr. Adriaan Spierings “Methods and approaches for AM component qualification”
- Coobx AG, Marco Schmid “Additively manufactured medical devices”
- Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Dr. Jörg Ebert “From the idea to the validated 3D printing system”
Industry -Lectures
- BSF Bünter AG, Fabian Graber “Cheaper AM metal parts through process optimization”
- Alphacam swiss GmbH, Martin Folie “AM components for the aircraft industry”
- Rösler Schweiz AG, Daniel Müller “Post Processing of AM Components”
Workshop “Personalized HealthTech & 3D Printing”
November 4th 2021
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Oberseestrasse 10
CH – 8640 Rapperswil
Join the Innovation Workshop with parallel sessions on “Implants”, “Patient interfaces” and “Bioprinting”!
- Deepen your knowledge about applications of 3D printing in HealthTech applications
- Find a common language for technical and clinical experts
- Strengthen your network in the Swiss MedTech sector
- Ideate on user-centred problems regarding implants, tissue printing and patient interfaces
3D printing & Microtechnology – Opportunities for SMEs
October 19th 2021
Aerne Engineering AG
Blumenaustrasse 4
CH-9320 Arbon
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, and the professional use of microtechnology enable SMEs to gain competitive advantages and save costs. Learn from the success stories of Swiss SMEs why it pays to use these technologies!
Advancing Precision in Additive Manufacturing
AM Expo
September 14-15th, 2021
Lucerne, Switzerland
AM Expo is the competent and most important meeting place for professional 3D printing. Here you will meet leading suppliers, service providers and experts in the field of additive manufacturing.
3D printing in medical technology
September 9-10th, 2021
Bettlach, Switzerland
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge in the field of additive manufacturing in medical technology, integrated into the industrial manufacturing chain of the technology transfer centre “Swiss m4m Center” in Bettlach. In addition, an understanding of normative aspects and quality requirements in connection with 3D printing will be gained.
Second Workshop in Basel – AM for drug delivery
February 12th, 2020
Basel, Switzerland
The AM Network is holding a series of workshops on the subject of “AM structures for drug delivery” in cooperation with the University Hospital Basel and the iPrint – Institute of the HES-SO in Marly (FR). The aim of this initiative is to explore the needs of the users in this emerging area and the possibilities that AM technology can provide. After the first, the subject of tablet printing was now deepened in the second workshop.
Validating research ideas in the field of AM with industrial partners
On September 3, 2024, experts from industry and research will meet at maxon motor ag to discuss current topics in additive manufacturing and to jointly initiate successful projects.
Representatives from EMPA, FHNW, FH Ost, Inspire, PSI and ZHAW will present their research focuses. In addition to the research partners, the start-ups NematX, Sallea, Spectroplast, Spherene and Unlimital will present themselves at the subsequent table fair, where they will be able to discuss possible collaborations with the event participants.
Organizers:
– AM Network – Innovation Booster Additive Manufacturing (IBAM)
– maxon motor ag
– Swissmem – Additive Manufacturing industry sector (Swiss Additive Manufacturing Group SAMG)
Date: Tuesday 3rd September 2024, 10:15 or 13:00 – 17:30
Place: maxon motor ag, Brünigstrasse 220, 6072 Sachseln
Participation in the event is free of charge. As there are only a few visitor parking spaces available, we recommend traveling by public transport to the Ewil Maxon train station.
Please register via this link by August 23, 2024. Only the first 40 registrations can be considered for the tour of maxon motor AG!
Further information can be found here.