BUSINESS

3D Print Development at VŠB-TU

Ostrava Supported by Significant

Projects

The Department of Machining, Assembly and Engineering Metrology at VŠB - Technical University

of Ostrava has included additive production in the range of their research and development activities

along with cooperation with companies. We enquired about the present and future of 3D printing with

Mr Marek Pagáč, the Head of Additive Manufacturing Laboratory at the Department of Machining.

The Additive Manufacturing Laboratory was

founded in collaboration with the company

Renishaw, who contributed a 3D metal printer

using the principle of melting metallic dust by

laser: the primary idea was to establish a working

site promoting 3D printing while supporting

companies in the Moravian-Silesian Region.

Interesting project intentions helped the activities

of the laboratory get involved in project solutions

supported by our own resources, the state budget,

the EU and the Technology Agency of the Czech

Republic.

The aim of the first project in long-term

intersectoral cooperation is to solve basic research

in 3D metallic print and composite materials. The

budget of the project is CZK 82 million, the period

of the solution four years, and eight partners are

involved. Five partners are ITI companies based

in Ostrava and three are universities: Fraunhofer

in Chemnitz, Germany; Politechnika Ślaska (the

Silesian University of Technology) in Gliwice,

Poland; and the University of Žilina, Slovakia.

Another project connecting the Department of

Machining with six technical universities in the

Czech Republic is the National Competence

Centre of Mechatronics and Smart Technologies

for Mechanical Engineering MESTEC. The aim of

the project is to solve actual tasks in cooperation

with 19 companies. The project results in

prototypes, working samples, utility models, tested

technologies, expert articles, and patents. The

period of the project is two years, and the budget

of the Department of Machining is CZK 16 million.

Text:

Ing. Marek Pagáč, Ph.D.

Foto:

archiv VŠB-TU, Fakulta strojní

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