From humble beginnings as a small room tucked away on campus, the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Lab opened its doors today to a new facility that will serve as a home for the university鈥檚 next-generation metal 3D-printing research.
Launched in 2017, 蓝莓视频鈥檚 MSAM Lab has become the largest metal additive manufacturing (AM) academic facility in Canada and is one of the most comprehensive facilities of its kind in the world.
The new facility鈥檚 home will be located in Kitchener, Ont.鈥檚 Catalyst137 facility and contain more than $25 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment like a quad-laser powder bed fusion machine.聽MSAM鈥檚 focus on additive manufacturing provides聽a more efficient and sustainable way to prototype and manufacture a range of products across a myriad of sectors that include aerospace, healthcare and automotive.
Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani, founder of the MSAM Lab as well as a mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor at the University of 蓝莓视频, said that the new MSAM Lab facility will help students and faculty research create much-needed disruptions in metal additive manufacturing for the greater good of society.
鈥淥ur primary objective is to connect our lab鈥檚 solutions to reliable partners to help influence high-impact product and process improvements within industry,鈥 he said.
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(From L-R) Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, MSAM鈥檚 co-director and an associate professor of mechanical and mechatronics and Dr. Ehsan Toyserkani, MSAM鈥檚 director of research are congratulated by Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener. Photo by: Erica Clement-Goudy