Added Scientific Limited

Company description

Added Scientific provides a range of services related to 3D printing, including consultancy, R&D, and design.

The academics involved in the EPSRC Centre identified a requirement to meet the needs of potential and active users of Additive Manufacturing technology toward building capability and understanding in this rapidly emerging field. To address this need they have spun out a commercial consultancy business in June 2015. With a collective 70 years of professional experience in 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing between them, the founders of Added Scientific share a philosophy of bringing the highest standards of science and engineering to bear on the development and understanding of 3D printing for companies interested in how to best to implement the technology. The team provides consultancy on the future of 3D Printing machinery and techniques, on how to develop materials for Additive Manufacturing, offers services for the design of innovative products and the development of design tools. Added Scientific and provides know how and training so that companies can understand the science behind Additive Manufacturing processes and best exploit them for their business. Effectively, the goal of Added Scientific is to support industries keen to adopt and exploit one of the key technologies of the 21st Century.

Project impact

Added Scientific offers services in four distinct fields to its customers: -Facilitating understanding and training: Added Scientific provides technical reports and state of the art reviews for industry and government to enable long term strategic planning and technical roadmapping, coupled with performing comprehensive business analysis and developing the skills and working practises required. -Developing-on existing Additive Manufacturing equipment or bespoke system configurations: Added Scientific provides expertise in optimizing established processes, such as Laser Sintering, for specific materials and applications and in developing novel processes, such as multi-material and multi-functional ink jet printing. -Materials development and characterization: Added Scientific has considerable expertise in the processing of a wide range of materials, from high performance alloys for the aerospace industry to biological and pharmaceutical materials. Added Scientific can help develop and evaluate new materials that are optimized for specific additive manufacturing processes and their end-use applications. Design and design tools for next generation products: Added Scientific provides expertise in developing new design and optimization methods specifically for Additive Manufacturing design and also in the effective use of commercial design software.