MTEC, led by Dr. Anchalee Manonukul, the leader of Smart Alloys and Manufacturing Research Team, conducted activities as parts of a research project titled “Novel low-modulus titanium alloy for biomedical applications” with funding from the Newton Fund Scheme from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, under the Transforming Systems through Partnership program and the Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMU-C), Thailand.
Between 5th-12th October 2023, the UK partners visited Thailand with the objective of reviewing project progress and visiting various collaborators in Thailand. Additionally, two seminars were organised.
A special seminar on “Metal Additive Manufacturing” on October 9, 2023, at M120 Meeting Room, MTEC, Thailand Science Park, Pathumthani. The seminar covered three topics:
• Computational materials engineering for advanced manufacturing processes
by Prof. Dr. Chinnapat Panwisawas from Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Sustainability-oriented mechanical metallurgy
by Dr. Yuanbo Tang from the University of Oxford, UK
• Dynamics of laser metal additive manufacturing
by Dr. Prveen Bidare from Sheffield Hallam University, UK
The seminar was attended by 24 participants, both internal and external to NSTDA. In addition to the seminar, participants visited the Metal Injection Moulding at MTEC, the Laser Laboratory at NSTDA’s Rail and Modern Transports Technology Research Center and Taisei Kogyo (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
On 11th October 2023, a joint Seminar on “3D Printing Technology” was organised by MTEC and Chulalongkorn University at Shangri-La Bangkok. The seminar, titled “Shaping the Future of Additive Manufacturing: Global trend & Industrial applications,” featured speakers from various organisations.
The seminar received the honour of having Dr. Adisorn Teeranitrana, Executive Vice President of NSTDA, Industry and Community Engagement, as the opening speaker. The seminar included a discussion on “UK-Thailand Additive Manufacturing Collaboration Projects” with the panelists from MTEC, Chulalongkorn University, Queen Mary University of London, and PMU-C.
Other topics included Hybrid Manufacturing, Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing for Metal, Powder Atomisation for Additive Manufacturing, Progresses and Challenges in Additive Manufacturing, Medical 3D Printing and Clinical Applications, Microstructural Understanding of Structural Alloys, and Advanced Modelling of Additive Manufacturing. In total, the seminar attracted over 80 participants from government and private sectors.
Visiting various collaborators in Thailand