The technology of additive manufacturing has developed rapidly in recent years. A wide variety of materials can now be used to manufacture components. In this process, the materials are manufactured without tools from a CAD data set using different, material-dependent processes.  Additive manufacturing is used to create prototypes (rapid prototyping), to manufacture tools (rapid tooling) or to directly produce components (rapid manufacturing).

Various advanced 3D printers and 3D scanners are available in the Rapid Prototyping laboratory at Offenburg University of Applied Sciences. In addition to their use in teaching and research, these are used to produce individual parts for university or student projects, such as for the Sweaty robot. In addition, printing jobs for external interested parties are also accepted upon request and after consultation with the lab staff.

If you are interested in 3D printing, you can find more information in the tab "further information".

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