3D Printing Museum

Many items to do with 3D Printing, in the news today, are about processes, materials and applications that are produced on new machines now, yet 3 decades ago some of the lucky few were quietly making history in many and varied application areas that some companies kept quiet to gain competitive advantage. We wish to pay tribute to those pioneers in the 3D Printing museum. Several corporations are helping to display their applications that were ground breaking at that time and even now all those years later can teach others what is possible.
Other applications that show recent developments of materials and machines are also included as well as developments in 3D CAD and Digital Manufacturing that includes Formative, Additive and Subtractive Technologies (FAST) these are all part of the global Time Compression Technology movement.

By 1999 other companies than those mentioned in above menu selection were known to own an SLA but did not publicly offer bureau services. They were:
BAe (Lostock & Warton) DRA Malvern, Ford Brentwood, Lever, Rolls Royce, Williams, Jordan, Kinnear Duffort, MCP, Cardiff Uni, Roush, Ogle, Portsmouth Uni.

A short spell working as a 3D consultant for a Deep bore oil drilling company in Gloucestershire, the MD of 3D Systems UK (Andrew Chantrill) visiting, spotted Jan Andrzejewski working at a 3D terminal there and insisted that he spoke to him.
That was the moment a move back to Leicestershire (Nov. 1995) happened and 14 years of PERA R&D projects in Time Compression Technologies began. With several world class applications in 3D Printing.
A special medical Project with EOS had to sift 3 tonnes of powder to use one tonne of finer powder, this was the very first time that a 50 micron layer build was used.
Converting a laser drilling machine to a hybrid multi metal powder additive and subtractive system was also ahead of its time.

World Class 3D Printing R&D Projects!

From large corporations to small to medium enterprises all used the latest technology to pursue advancements to new product development.
People who can help to complete this part of history would come from companies like Benetton F1 (Gearbox & Steering wheel), Keegan Partnership (Kevins Head), BAe (Nosecone Radar), EOS (Hipped HIPPS), Flowtek (Textured Coatings), AGI Media packaging(Star Trek DVD box set case), Flogas (Gas Guard) & Projects that developed SLA Cryogenic blasting nozzle, SLA white and dark chocolate mixing nozzle & MJ Technologies THETA Laser Cladding Machine (3D Metal powder printing), .....
Matt Murphy (now at Liverpool University) and Ben Halford (Now MD of Surface Generation)

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World Class 3D Printing R&D Projects!