Artifact Library

Pictured above: Part of the super lightweight, aerodynamic stem and handlebars made for Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Pictured above: A lattice structure. Lattice structures are attractive for a number of applications, such as providing impact protection, reducing weight in automotive and aerospace components, or providing insulation from heat and sound. Additive manufacturing offers unprecedented control in the design and manufacture of these structures.

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Journal Paper: Ozdemir, Z., Hernandez-Nava, E., Tyas, A., Warren, J.A., Fay, S.D., Goodall, R., Todd, I. & Askes, H. (2016). Energy absorption in lattice structures in dynamics: Experiments. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 89, 49-61.

Pictured above: Bracket. Additive manufacturing offers great design freedom with the ability to produce complex shapes and features. Structures can be optimised to provide the required strength while reducing weight to a minimum.

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Journal Paper: Smith, C.J., Gilbert, M., Todd, I., et al. (2016). Application of layout optimization to the design of additively manufactured metallic components. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 54, 1297-1313.

Pictured above: Proof of concept nose cone for the ultimate jet and rocket powered car BLOODHOUND. Our nose cone paved the way for the manufacture of the final part by a UK company by showing what could be done.

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Partners: The BLOODHOUND Project

Pictured above: Acetabular Cup, used in hip surgery. Additive manufacturing can be used to design specific features and textures into devices. The surface structure of this hip implant has been designed and manufactured to encourage bone growth into the surface of the implant and better bonding of the implant to the patient’s hip

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Journal Paper: Tammas-Williams, S. & Todd, I. (2017). Design for additive manufacturing with site-specific properties in metals and alloys. Scripta Materialia. 135,105-110.

 Pictured above:  Idealised metal foam. It was reverse engineered from a scan of a randomly packed jar of marbles. Additive manufacturing allows researchers to make foams with the same structure, but different densities, to better understand their properties and improve the design of new foams for uses including providing impact protection in the automotive sector.

Material: Titanium Alloy (Ti-6Al- 4V)

Process: Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

Journal Paper: Hernandez-Nava, E., Smith, C.J., Derguti, F., Tammas-Williams, S., Leonard, F., Withers, P.J., Todd, I. & Goodall, R. (2015). The effect of density and feature size on mechanical properties of isostructural metallic foams produced by additive manufacturing. Acta Materialia. 85, 387-395.