HC 3D Printed Ceramic Spin Out Company

该公司的目标是创建一家衍生公司，利用英国布里斯托尔西英格兰大学的霍斯金斯和胡森开发的专利3D打印陶瓷工艺，这是AHRC资助的项目“通过虚拟数字构建和输出制造三维艺术和手工艺品”的结果。根据颇有影响力的《2011年维勒报告》，全球3D打印市场预计价值17.4亿美元，并以24.1%的年增长率增长。总体而言，3D打印行业在其24年中有15年以两位数的速度增长。世界各地有许多专为工业3D打印原型模型的3D打印局服务。到目前为止，在全球市场上只有一家公司，美国的Figulo，在3D陶瓷上进行打印。申请人和他们的合作伙伴认为这是对英国专业3D打印陶瓷局服务的需求。3D打印陶瓷是一种真实的材料，可以在陶瓷中打印形状。这是以前无法获得的，这是该公司寻求利用的第二个方面。该公司的目标是为英国和欧洲的设计师和陶瓷餐具行业创建一个3D陶瓷原型设施。此外，该公司将研究印刷陶瓷定型机的商业潜力。其他市场将是用于装饰用途的3D打印光陶瓷砖和南欧墓碑市场，以及一系列现成的3D打印设计。为了实现这一目标，将开发一系列新的防滑涂层材料，以复制陶器、石器和瓷器的特性，并确定合适的釉料来源或开发新的釉料，以匹配这些新的釉料。此外，此次竞标旨在获得更好的工业陶瓷餐具市场的市场情报，以及针对消费者和专业定制设计师和工艺市场。申请人将与比利时矿产和金属开采公司矽比科（Sibelco）合作，在全球范围内开展业务。矽比科在全球拥有超过245个生产单位，用于提取、生产和分销主要工业矿物石英、方英石、霞石正长岩、塑料粘土和橄榄石。矽比科的英国研发部门将在该项目上进行合作，提供实物技术支持和市场情报协助。

The aim is to create a spin out company that exploits the patented 3D printed ceramic process developed by Hoskins and Huson at the University of the West of England, Bristol as a result of an AHRC funded project 'The Fabrication of Three Dimensional Art and Craft Artefacts through Virtual Digital Construction and Output'. According to the influential Wohler's Report of 2011, the Global 3D print market is estimated by to be worth $1.74 billion and is growing at an annual rate of 24.1%. Overall the 3D print industry has grown in double digit figures for 15 of its 24 years. There are many bureau services around the world for 3D printing specialising in 3D printing prototype models for industry. To date there is only one company, Figulo, who are US based, printing in 3D ceramics in the global market. The applicants and their partner believe is a demand for a UK based specialist 3D printed ceramic bureau service. 3D printed ceramics is a real material with which it is possible to print shapes in ceramics. that were previously unobtainable, it is this second aspect the company seeks to exploit.The target of the company is to create a 3D ceramic prototyping facility for designers and the ceramic tableware industry in the UK and Europe. In addition the company will investigate the commercial potential of printing ceramic setters for the industry. Additional markets will be 3D printed photoceramic tiles for both decorative use and the Southern European gravestone market and a range of off the shelf 3D printed designs. To achieve this aim the a new range of slip coating materials will be developed that replicate the characteristics of earthenware, stoneware and porcelain bodies and a source of suitable glazes will be identified or new glazes developed, to match these new bodies. In addition the bid seeks to gain better market intelligence of the industrial ceramic tableware market on top of targeting the consumer and specialist bespoke designer and craft markets. The applicants will be aided in partnership with Sibelco a Belgian mineral and metal extraction company with a global reach. Sibelco have over 245 production units worldwide for the extraction, production and distribution of the main industrial minerals quartz, cristobalite, nepheline syenite, plastic clay, and olivine. The UK research and development arm of Sibelco will collaborate on the project both with technical support in kind and assistance with market intelligence.