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Next Level 3D Print Workshop – Online! – June 24th – Invitation Only
Opportunity for SME companies to profit from 3D print technology developments at Brightlands Materials Center Brightlands Materials Center is developing several technologies that aim to bring 3D printing to the next level. The advantages of additive manufacturing –...
With 3D printing we can customize the frame of the bicycle to each individual user
In this video Richard Janssen and Bastiaan Ingenhut explain why 3D printing is the solution for customizing the frame of the 100% Limburg Bike. The role of Brightlands Materials Center is to 3D print the lugs with continuous fiber additive manufacturing technology. In...
Working group Automation meeting two days in The Netherlands
The working group Automation has planned its autumn meeting two days in The Netherlands! On October 13th the Additive Manufacturing Association of the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) will be hosted by Brightlands Materials Center at the...
Building Energy Simulations on Energy Efficient Glazing
Brightlands Materials Center is currently developing a self-adaptive smart window, which can change its solar heat gain depending on the glazing temperature. Therefore it enables using solar heat for heating a building in cold conditions and shutting out solar heat in...
Brightlands Materials Center Develops Self-Sensing in 3D Printed Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastics
Monitoring structural information in 3D printed parts and products. Self-sensing is the ability of a material to sense its own condition. The material itself is used as a sensor. Advantage is that you don’t need an implanted or attached sensor system. The costs are...
New research program to develop circular plastics packaging
Plastic packaging materials used in supermarkets should be better recycled and subsequently reused in the packaging industry. This will result in a significant reduction in CO2 emissions and contribute to a more circular economy. This idea is at the core of a new...
Annual Report 2019
Last week Brightlands Materials Center celebrated its 5th Anniversary. Unfortunately, due to the Corona-crisis, we had to cancel our Partner Event and we have not been able to meet you. We understand that all of you are hit by the current situation. We hope and trust...
Cancellation Brightlands Materials Center’s Partner Event March 17th 2020
Unfortunately we have decided to cancel Brightlands Materials Center’s Partner Event on Tuesday March 17th 2020. Due to a general concern about the Corona virus and due to company policies, we have had many cancellations, including 4 external speakers in our parallel...
Brightlands Materials Center at JEC World 2020 in Paris: We offer capabilities and solutions for the thermoplastic composite industry
Brightlands Materials Center, an independent Research & Development Center in the field of polymeric materials based in Geleen, The Netherlands, will demonstrate its innovations and support possibilities to the composite industry at JEC World 2020 from 12 to 14...
Introducing Amandine Codou
What made you decide to apply at Brightlands Materials Center? Since I started working in the field of thermoplastics I made the choice to focus on sustainable approaches with the investigation of bio-based and/or recyclable materials. The focus of Brightlands...
100% Limburg Bike: We print the 3D lugs with continuous fiber AD Technology
Brightlands Materials Center is proud to be a partner in the 100% Limburg Bike project. Our role will be to 3D print the lugs with continuous fiber additive manufacturing technology, which are key parts of the frame to customize the bicycle size to each individual...
Embedded sensing in small scale model of a lightweight 3D printed pedestrian bridge
Together with Royal HaskoningDHV we will demonstrate embedded sensing, in a small scale model of lightweight 3D printed pedestrian bridge, using additive manufacturing with continuous carbon fibers. Earlier this year Royal HaskoningDHV, CEAD and DSM announced...