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Hochschule Karlsruhe Hochschule Karlsruhe - University of Applied Sciences

ADM-Lab

Additive Design and Manufacturing Lab

At the intersection of mechanics, electronics, materials, robotics, and computer science, students bring innovative ideas to life around 3D printing in areas such as:

  • Process technology, with a focus on extrusion processes and stereolithography
  • Component design and layout
  • Profitability analyses and business models

The ADM Lab has a growing pool of 3D printers, some of which are adapted, optimized, or modified in-house. In various projects, students utilize the lab for the rapid production of specific functional components. Whether for their own theses or external projects, the ADM Lab conducts and supports diverse research activities, primarily focused on additive manufacturing.

Contact

ADM-Lab
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Florian Finsterwalder
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Griesbaum

adm.lab.hkaspam prevention@gmail.com

Opening hours:
For teaching and learning activities every Tuesday from 12:00 - 13:00

Building K, Room U010/U011
Moltkestraße 30
76133 Karlsruhe

Equipment

The laboratory is equipped with several FLM printers capable of processing PLA, ABS, as well as flexible and carbon fiber-reinforced materials. Additionally, DLP and stereolithography manufacturing processes are utilized.

Courses

WINB - Generative Manufacturing
WINB - 3D Printing: From Theory to Practical Application
WINB - Learning Factory 4.x
WINM - Additive Manufacturing and Design
WINM/IMTM - Additive Manufacturing Concepts

The ADM Lab also serves as a cross-faculty service provider, producing components for Bachelor's and Master's theses as well as student projects. Examples include projects from the Technology-Entrepreneurship degree program, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics or the High Speed Karlsruhe university group.

Main Research Areas

Technology

The ADM Lab explores new approaches in food printing and the production of metal components using the fused layer modeling process, as part of final theses.

Application

In collaboration with companies and through research projects, innovative methods such as "generative design" and "topology optimization" are tested in real-world applications.

Resilient and Sustainable Additive Manufacturing

This research focus identifies and validates the contributions of additive manufacturing to future resilient and sustainable production as part of a doctoral project.

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