Engineering programs

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Program 01

Additive Manufacturing Engineering

Additive Manufacturing Engineering focuses on materials, processes and manufacturing workflows for additive manufacturing.

This program is intended for customers who need engineering support beyond material purchase, especially when performance depends on the interaction between material, machine, process settings, post-processing and validation logic.

Typical challenges include material-process mismatch, unstable printing, poor reproducibility, workflow limitations, scale-up from R&D to production, and difficulty selecting between direct and indirect additive manufacturing routes.

The scope may include material selection, printer compatibility, parameter optimization, post-processing strategies, workflow integration, process stabilization and application-specific implementation logic.

The program may also support projects involving commercially available resins and broader additive manufacturing systems.

Program 02

Material Development

Material Development focuses on the design and adaptation of material systems for additive manufacturing when standard materials do not meet application, process or regulatory requirements.

This program is relevant when the target application cannot be solved through catalog materials alone and requires custom tuning, new formulation development, adaptation to a specific process window or creation of an entirely new material system.

Development may include tuning mechanical, thermal, optical or chemical properties; adjusting viscosity, reactivity and curing behaviour; optimizing for specific printers or light sources; and adapting materials to post-processing or sterilization workflows.

Projects may range from modification of existing systems to full development of new formulations aligned with defined application, performance, process or business requirements.

Custom material development delivers ready-to-use material systems without transferring proprietary formulations, unless a separate technology-transfer framework has been explicitly defined.

Program 03

Validation & Characterization

Validation & Characterization supports structured technical evaluation of materials and workflows before implementation, transfer or scale-up.

This program is intended for customers who need engineering evidence, structured benchmarking, controlled performance screening or interpretation of results under defined test logic.

It may include comparative benchmarking, protocol-based performance screening, engineering interpretation of results or characterization needed to reduce uncertainty in industrial decision-making.

The purpose is not to act as a generic standalone laboratory service, but to support broader engineering workflows where performance data must be interpreted in relation to formulation, process and target application.

This program may be used as part of internal selection, external validation, qualification steps or pre-transfer development logic depending on project needs.

Program 04

Technology Transfer

Technology Transfer addresses the transfer of synthesis and formulation know-how beyond additive manufacturing.

This route is relevant when the objective is not only to use a material, but to transfer technical capability, formulation logic, synthesis know-how or implementation knowledge into the receiving organization.

It focuses on transferable materials technology, including two-dimensional material systems such as coatings, inks, adhesives and related functional chemistries, as well as broader formulation and synthesis logic where agreed in scope.

Depending on scope, projects may include synthesis-route development, formulation optimization, structured technical documentation, scale-up and industrial implementation support, and controlled knowledge transfer under appropriate confidentiality frameworks.

Selection logic

Select the engineering route according to the main bottleneck or implementation need:

• Additive Manufacturing Engineering: when the challenge is process-related, such as printing instability, poor reproducibility, workflow limitations or scale-up constraints.
• Material Development: when existing materials do not meet performance, process or implementation requirements.
• Validation & Characterization: when structured benchmarking, controlled performance screening or technical evaluation is required before implementation.
• Technology Transfer: when the project requires formulation and synthesis know-how transfer beyond additive manufacturing.

Programs can be engaged independently or combined depending on project scope and objectives.