4 European Universities Market for 3D Printing
4.3 Results
4.3.3 Italian Results
University of Padua-TE.SI
Two Photonic Professional GT
Nanoscribe 2PP
Total 3D Printers Investment $-00
University of Padua Total AM Investment $-00
Prom Facility-Polo Meccatronic with University of Trento
Renishaw AM400 $600,000 DMLS
Lasertec 65 3D DMG Mori $950,000 DED
FormLabs Form2 $3,500 SLA
FormLabs Form1 $2,800 SLA
HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D 4200 $200,000 Jet Fusion Concept Laser Mlab CUSING R $160,000 SLS Total 3D Printers Investment $1,916,300 Total Lab Investment (+30%) $2,491,190 University of Trento-Machine tools
and prototyping Lab
x2 Ultimaker2 $3,798 FDM
Total 3D Printers Investment $3,798 University of Trento Total AM Investment $2,494,988
University of Bologna-Industrial Engineering department DIN
SISMA MySint100 $175,000 SLS Total 3D Printers Investment $175,000 Total Lab Investment (+10%) $192,500
University of Bologna Total AM Investment $192,500
University of Brescia- Advanced Prototyping Laboratory LPA
ProJet 2500 3D Systems $435,000 MJP
ProX 100 $250,000 DMLS
ProJet 460Plus $50,000 CJP
Dimension 1200es $18,900 FDM Total 3D Printers Investment $753,900 Total Lab Investment (+25%) $942,375
University of Brescia Total AM Investment $942,375
University of Florence and CERTEMA Amlab
Concept Laser M2 Cusing $850,000 DMLS Total 3D Printers Investment $850,000 Total Lab Investment (+25%) $1,062,500 University of Florence Total AM Investment $1,062,500
University of Pisa and CrossLab
x2 Ultimaker 2 $3,798 FDM
x4 MakerBot Replicator 2 $6,000 FDM Total 3D Printers Investment $9,798
University of Pisa Total AM Investment $9,798
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University of Naples-Federico II- Centre of Reverse Engineering and Additive Manufacturing Innovation
CREAMI
Ultimaker2 $1,899 FDM
Prusa i3 $353 FDM
CubeX Trio 3D Systems $3,990 FDM Total 3D Printers Investment $6,242 University of Naples-Federico II Total AM Investment $6,242
University of Udine and Trieste-Advanced Mechatronic LAMA FVG
Concept Laser M2 Cusing $850,000 DMLS Total 3D Printers Investment $850,000 Total Lab Investment (+25%) $1,062,500 University of Udine and Trieste Total AM Investment $1,062,500
University of Salerno-Academic Spinoff LIAM-Laser Innovation
EOS M270 $450,000 DMLS
Total 3D Printers Investment $450,000 Total Lab Investment (+15%) $517,500
University of Salerno Total AM Investment $517,500
Polytechnic of Bari- Rapid prototyping and Reverse
Engineering Laboratory
Stratasys FDM 3000 3D
Printer $4,500 FDM
Wasp Delta 40x70 $6,640 FDM
Zortrax M200 $1,990 FDM
MakeX M-One $2,229 DLP
Total 3D Printers Investment $15,359
Polytechnic of Bari Total AM Investment $15,359
University of Rome Sapienza-Saperi&CO Project
Zortrax M200 $1,990 FDM
FormLabs Form2 $3,500 SLA
Wasp Delta 40x70 $6,640 FDM
Wasp Delta 20x40 $2,772 FDM
Ira3D Poetry Infinity $2,794 FDM
Xfab DWS $6,000 SLA
Total 3D Printers Investment $23,696 University of Rome Sapienza- AM
Lab DIMA Department
EOS M290 $700,000 DMLS
Total 3D Printers Investment $700,000 Total Lab Investment (+25%) $875,000 University of Rome Sapienza Total AM Investment $898,696
University of Cagliari-SardegnaRicerche
Dimension SST1200 $34,900 FDM ObJet EDEN 260 $19,800 PolyJet
EOS M100 $257,042 DMLS
Zprinter 450 $40,000 InkJet Total 3D Printers Investment $351,742 Total Lab Investment (+15%) $404,503 University of Cagliari Total AM Investment $404,503
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University of Salento-Lecce x2 SLA 250/50 3D Systems $7,498 SLA Total 3D Printers Investment $7,498
University of Salento Total AM Investment $7,498
University of Camerino-Faculty of Architecture
ObJet EDEN 260 $19,800 PolyJet Total 3D Printers Investment $19,800 University of Camerino Total AM Investment $19,800
University of Ca' Foscari Venezia-DelFablab
Wasp Delta 2040 $2,772 FDM
Wasp Delta 60100 $30,000 FDM Total 3D Printers Investment $2,772 University of Ca' Foscari Venezia Total AM Investment $2,772
University of Catanzaro-ImagEngLab
Poetry Infinity IRA3D $2,794 FDM Total 3D Printers Investment $2,794 University of Catanzaro Total AM Investment $2,794
University of Reggio Calabria- Multimedia Lab
x2 Sharebot Next Generation $3,780 FDM
Sharebot XXL $5,474 FDM
Total 3D Printers Investment $3,780 University of Reggio Calabria Total AM Investment $3,780
Turning now to analyze the distribution of total investments in AM made by Italian universities, as previously seen through the classification of laboratories, it is possible to analyze the great differences between countries such as UK and Germany and Italy and France. As we can see in figure 11, the university that has invested most in the diffusion of AM in Italy is the Polytechnic of Turin for a total of 3.9M $, unlike the 12M $ of the University of Sheffield in the UK. The Polytechnic of Turin hosts the Integrated Additive Manufacturing - IAM that is composed by five different departments: DIGEP- Department of Management and Production Engineering, DAUIN-Department of Control and Computer Engineering, DET-DAUIN-Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, DIMEAS- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, DISAT- Department of Applied Science and Technology. IAM has three different aims: Developing projects with big companies such as FCA and GE Avio in order to carry out scouting and technology assessment; Supporting companies with consulting programs and execution of personalized projects and to allow them to access and use the infrastructures;
Holding training programs by offering a second level master's degree in additive manufacturing.
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Figure 19: Italian Total AM Investment Distribution
The second university that has invested most in additive manufacturing is the University of Trento with 2.5M $, through its Mechatronics Centre- Prom Facility. Prom Facility is a network of companies, research centre and educational institutions contributing to the social and economic development of the entire Trentino production system. The most valuable aspect, supported by Prom Facility and that makes it at the forefront in Italy, is the existence of a “knowledge triangle”
where research and innovation, business and training interact daily in an effective way. (177) Additionally, the collaboration among Marconi T.T.I, Veronesi V.I and University of Trento within Mechatronics Centre spreads innovative knowledge by performing and holding master degree and PhD programs but also secondary school programs and technical education. (178) Finally, the union of synergies among three academic entities such as the University of Udine, the University of Trieste and the International Superior School for Advanced Studies-SISSA, represents the third largest investor in the AM in Italy with around 1M $. During the summer of 2016, it was launched the first Advanced Mechatronic Laboratory of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region - LAMA FVG. The laboratory aims to be the point of reference for the PhD students'
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experimental activities and for all those students who need to write their theses of master's degree courses with the collaboration of local companies. In conclusion, the objectives of the Laboratory are also to organize events and conferences to promote knowledge thanks to the availability of a large open space. (179)
Regarding the Italian technologies distribution used by the laboratories shown in figure 20, as for the other two countries previously analyzed, also in Italy, out of 67 3D Printers currently bought in the academic field, the most used technology is material extrusion through the Fused
Deposition Modeling process. What is important to note is that, like Germany, Italy also has a high percentage of use of metal machines. As a matter of fact, considering the following Powder Bed Fusion processes such as DMLS, SLS, SLM, EBM in total in Italian university laboratories there are 17 3D metallic printers out of 67 total (25%), following the same percentage
distribution of Germany.
Figure 20: Italian AM Technologies Distribution
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SIJ- Super-fine Inkjet Printing SHS-Selective Heat Sintering CFF-Composite Filament Fabrication Rapid Prototyping Multi Color-RP Multi Color HSS-High Speed Sintering EBM-Electron Beam Melting Aerosol Jet Printing-SLA DLP-Digital Light Processing-SLA DED-Directed Energy Deposition EBW-Electron Beam Welding
InkJet Printing 2PP- Two Photon Polymerization-SLA DMLS-Direct Metal Laser Sintering
FDM-Fused Deposition Modeling SLS-Selective Laser Sintering
SLM-Selective Laser Melting MJP- Multi Jet Printing-InkJet PolyJet Printing SLA-Stereolithography
NUMBER OF USED TECHNOLOGIES
AM TECHNOLOGIES
Italian AM Technologies Distribution
The following is the format used for data collection and analysis to build a distribution of 3D printer manufacturers in Italy in order to identify which 3D printer provider is the most developed in Italian Universities.
Table 49: Format used to obtain the distribution of 3D Printers Manufacturers in Italy
Manufacturers
Total Number Universities
Total Number 3D
Printers
Company Website URL
EOS- Electro Optical Systems 5 8 https://www.eos.info/en
Arcam-GE Company 1 1 http://www.Arcam-GE Company.com/
Stratasys, Ltd 5 7 https://www.stratasys.com/
Renishaw 4 4 https://www.renishaw.it
WASP 4 6 https://www.3dwasp.com/
Nanoscribe GmbH 1 1 https://www.nanoscribe.de/en/
DMG Mori 2 2 https://it.dmgmori.com/
FormLabs 2 3 https://formlabs.com/it/
HP 1 1 https://www8.hp.com
Concept Laser GmbH-GE 4 4 https://www.concept-laser.de/
SISMA 1 1 https://www.sisma.com/
3D Systems 3 5 https://www.3dsystems.com/
RepRap 1 1 https://reprap.org/
DWS Systems 1 1 https://www.dwssystems.com/
Zortrax 2 2 https://zortrax.com/
MakeX 1 1 http://www.makex.com/
IRA3D 2 2 https://www.fablessy.com/
Markforged 1 1 https://markforged.com/
Ultimaker 3 5 https://ultimaker.com/
Sharebot 1 3 https://www.sharebot.it/
MakerBot 2 8 https://www.makerbot.com/
Total Number 3D Printers 67
As can be seen from Figure 21, as in the UK and Germany, also in Italy, 3D desktop printer manufacturers turn out to be the most widespread companies in the academic world due to the low cost of 3D printers sold. But there is a difference: in Italy the manufacturer Ultimaker does not distribute its 3D printers unlike the other two countries previously analyzed, it is less popular in the choices made by Italian universities. Markforged, MakeX and HP are more common.
Furthermore, as noted for Germany, on the basis of the German technologies distribution,
manufacturers of metal machines such as EOS-Electro Optical Systems and Arcam-GE Company are very influential in university laboratories, despite the high cost of 3D printers.
Figure 21: Italian AM Manufacturers Distribution