Archibiofoam develops novel techniques for 3D printing bio-based materials
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As part of the Archibiofoam project, researchers at Aalto University’s Complex Systems and Materials Research Group have developed novel 3D printing techniques for bio-based foam materials.
Under the supervision of Juha Koivisto, the team —Pasi Karppinen, Ammar Hassan, Muhammad Hamza Ali, and Ali Aaraf Gillani—designed a custom 3D printer to handle materials with complex, viscous, and heat-sensitive properties. Their work focused on optimizing the print head and refining process parameters, leading to the successful printing of multilayered bio-foam structures.
The group also measured the mechanical behavior of printed samples using Digital Image Correlation, and is now exploring scaling up the system for larger applications.