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ADDWOOD
3D printing is one of the major revolutions in the recent history of manufacturing processes. The transformation of this technology for integration into woodworking processes is the focus of the research project ADDWOOD. The goal is to promote the democratization and decentralization of production on a sustainable basis using low-energy methods.
- Name of Field in the local language
- Wood technology, wood design
- Area of Expertise
- Development of a 3D printing process with wood
- Scientists / Scientific team
- Technical University Dresden, Chair of Forest Utilization in Tharandt: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Rüggeberg, Dr. Michael Rosenthal (Project Management) and Christian Gerber (Research Assistant); WHZ AKS Schneeberg, field of study Wood Design: Prof. Jacob Strobel (Project Management), Uwe Bodenschatz (Employee), Freistil/Rolf Benz (Practice Partner). Participation of students from both universities in the course of their final thesis, with the involvement of student assistants.
- Location, Institution, Website
- Technical University of Dresden, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Forest Sciences, Institute of Forest Utlization and Forest Technology, Chair of Forest Utilization in Tharandt; Germany; West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau, Faculty of Applied Arts, Department Wood Design in Schneeberg, Germany Link to website
- Contact
- Technical University of Dresden - Faculty of Environmental Sciences - Department of Forest Sciences - Institute of Forest Utilization and Forest Technology - Chair of Forest Utilization, Pienner Str. 19, 01737 Tharandt Project Management: Dr.-Ing. Michael Rosenthal; +49 351 463 31360
- Type of Institution
- Cooperation project between University of Applied Sciences, University and industry partners
- Years of Active working in the Field
- 6
- Collaborators or Successors
- 3
- Laboratory and research space
- 35m²
- Materials and equipment
- Paste-like wood paste; wood content: 75% bio-based binder (carboxymethyl cellulose); filler content: 75% residues from the wood industry, e.g. sanding dust; other fine-grained substances, such as ground residues from agriculture (rice), mineral fillers (whiting, sands)
- Technology / Tools / Machines
- Liquid Deposition Modeling; paste extrusion (based on: printing of clay); modified 3D printers in various sizes (15 x 15 x 15 cubic centimeter to 100 x 200 x 80 cubic centimeter build space); specially developed extrusion print heads in the project
- Research Methods / Processes
- Experimental series with different printing mixtures, design and production of prototypes, cooperation with industry partners
