Browsing PRISM: Polymer, Recycling, Industrial, Sustainability and Manufacturing Institute (Midlands) by Subject "Additive manufacturing"

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    • 3D printed end of arm tooling (EOAT) of a robotic arm 

      Ong U Jing, Daniel; Lyons, Sean; Devine, Declan (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)
      This research furthers the practice of designing and manufacturing an EOAT for low weight applications by utilising additive manufacturing (“3D Printing”) techniques to decrease energy consumption via tool weight savings ...

    • Additive manufacturing of personalized pharmaceutical dosage forms via stereolithography. 

      Healy, Andrew V.; Fuenmayor, Evert; Doran, Patrick; Geever, Luke M.; Higginbotham, Clement L.; Lyons, John G. (MDPI, 2019-12-03)
      The introduction of three-dimensional printing (3DP) has created exciting possibilities for the fabrication of dosage forms, paving the way for personalized medicine. In this study, oral dosage forms of two drug ...

    • Additive manufacturing of PLA/HNT nanocomposites for biomedical applications 

      Venkatesh, Chaitra; Fuenmayor, Evert; Doran, Patrick; Major, Ian (Elsevier, 2019)
      Additive manufacturing has been of great interest of research in various applications due to their ease in processability, cost effectiveness and adaptability. In this study Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) was used as the base ...

    • Degradable nanocomposites for fused filament fabrication applications. 

      Healy, Andrew V.; Waldron, Cathal; Geever, Luke M.; Devine, Declan M.; Lyons, John G. (MDPI, 2018-05-09)
      There has been a substantial increase in the use and development of plastics over the last century. However, due to ever-diminishing petroleum feedstocks and growing concern for the environment, there has been a rise in ...

    • Degradable polymer nanocomposites for fused filament fabrication applications 

      Healy, Andrew V.; Geever, Luke M.; Devine, Declan M.; Lyons, John G. (Athlone Institute of Technology, 2018-04-24)
      The use of plastics in everyday life has increased dramatically during the course of the 20th and 21st century which is primarily due to the characteristics plastics offer in the development of new products to meet the ...

    • Fused-filament fabrication of PEEK: a review of process-structure-property relationships. 

      Zanjanijam, Ali Reza; Major, Ian; Lyons, John G.; Lafont, Ugo; Devine, Declan M. (MDPI, 2020-07-27)
      Poly (ether ether ketone) (PEEK) is a high-performance engineering thermoplastic polymer with potential for use in a variety of metal replacement applications due to its high strength to weight ratio. This combination ...

    • Heat dissipation plays critical role for longevity of polymer-based 3D-printed inserts for plastics injection moulding. 

      Moritz, Vicente; Bezerra, Gilberto S.N.; Hopkins, Michael Jnr.; Fuenmayor, Evert; Günbay, Suzan; Hayes, Conor; Lyons, John G.; Devine, Declan M. (MDPI, 2022-10-08)
      Injection moulding is a polymer processing method of choice for making plastic parts on industrial scale, but its traditional mould is made from tooling steel with time-consuming and costly production. Additive manufacturing ...

    • Material considerations for fused-filament fabrication of solid dosage forms. 

      Fuenmayor, Evert; Forde, Martin; Healy, Andrew M.; Devine, Declan M.; Lyons, John G.; McConville, Christopher; Major, Ian (MDPI, 2018-04-02)
      Material choice is a fundamental consideration when it comes to designing a solid dosage form. The matrix material will ultimately determine the rate of drug release since the physical properties (solubility, viscosity, ...

    • Process optimization for the 3D printing of PLA and HNT composites with Arburg plastic freeforming 

      Engler, Leonardo; Crespo, Janaina S.; Gatley, Noel M.; Major, Ian; Devine, Declan M. (MDPI, 2022-10-12)
      The industrial use of additive manufacturing continues to rapidly increase as new technology developments become available. The Arburg plastic freeforming (APF) process is designed to utilize standard polymeric granules ...

    • Tailoring drug release in bilayer tablets through droplet deposition modeling and injection molding 

      Ebrahimi, Farnoosh; Xu, Han; Fuenmayor, Evert; Major, Ian (Elsevier, 2024-02-01)
      This study explores the innovative production of personalized bilayer tablets, integrating two advanced manufacturing techniques: Droplet Deposition Modeling (DDM) and Injection Molding (IM). Unlike traditional methods ...