Cincinnati Inc. and Ohio State Team Up to Advance Additive Manufacturing Technology

“CI’s MAAM printer expands the diversity of printers we have to offer at CDME and further differentiates Ohio State as one of the global leaders in additive manufacturing,” said Nate Ames, CDME executive director. “The ability to 3D print ULTEM, PEEK, and PEKK at meter-scale opens a new world of manufacturing opportunities.”

CDME facilitates innovation for a wide breadth of advanced manufacturing practices. The center is a 32,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility on Ohio State’s West Campus. The center houses more than $5 million worth of additive manufacturing equipment, including industrial 3D printers able to process metals, polymers, composites, biomaterials, and ceramics.

“Ohio State provides the engineering resources and experience in additive manufacturing that will help CI further develop MAAM’s potential in material and parameter development, as well as discovering new applications for the technology,” said Alex Riestenberg, CI’s additive manufacturing product manager at CI. “Having a partner like Ohio State just two hours away from our headquarters provides logistics advantages for our team and easy access for potential customers.”

“This is an incredible opportunity to bring industrial-scale polymer and composite printing to Ohio State students and researchers,” said Edward Herderick, CDME director of additive manufacturing. “We have a roadmap for materials innovations and prototype vehicle manufacturing, as well as advancing the status quo in industrial additive manufacturing in partnership with CI.”

The center allows undergraduate students to work in a manufacturing environment that matches what they’ll experience after graduation, in their careers. That experiential education includes leveraging the latest 3D-printing equipment and tools, including the MAAM printer. “You can’t fake real, and CDME students are directly contributing to customer projects,” Herderick said.

Also, according to Ames: “We’ve already declared an internal mission to design and print a fully functional turbine and internal combustion engines using the MAAM printer.”

If you’re interested in collaborating with CDME on an additive manufacturing project, you can contact Edward Herderick at [email protected].

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