News and Events

MDPI Metals (IF: 2.9) is hosting a Special Issue on Laser Ablation & Precision Cutting of Sheet Metals, with guest editor Dr. Mamzi Afrasiabi.

New publication on a new strategy to produce defect-free CuCrZr-316L steel multi-material structures by coupling hot isostatic pressing and laser powder bed fusion.

New paper published on end-to-end path planning for homogeneous temperature fields in additive manufacturing.

New paper published on the effects of beam shaping on copper-steel interfaces in multi-material laser powder bed fusion !

New publication out on the modeling of martensite formation and hardening behavior of TRIP material

New publication on the review of "Modeling and Simulation of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes with Particle Methods".

New publication on a two-stage approach to parameter identification in spark plasma sintering.

A fantastic summer day in Zurich with Prof. Dr. Wentao Yan from the National University of Singapore! 🎉 We were truly honored to host the visit and lecture of this esteemed speaker at our lab

Congratulations to Yunong Lin for publishing his first paper in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. His work sets new standards for heat source modeling efficiency in laser manufacturing simulations, propelling us toward a future where precision and innovation converge seamlessly!

We welcome Nikolai Schröder to our team! 

AMLZ's group retreat: A blend of nature and innovation

New publication out on thermal error compensation models utilizing the power consumption of machine tools.  

New publication out on a comparative study of thermomechanical simulation of orthogonal metal cutting with PFEM and SPH.

Our team developed a new Al-Cu alloy for LPBF.

RLPlanner, a new path planning framework for wire arc additive manufacturing, enables fully automatic deposition path planning for thin-walled structures.

New paper out on multi-track LPBF simulation using a fully adaptive SPH method.

We welcome Dr. Zhilang Zhang to our team!  

We welcome Hao Chen to our team!

New publication out on Algorithmic determination of measurement locations in sheet metal forming.  

We are happy to welcome Ramón Frey as a new member of our research group.

New paper out on "Hybrid FEM-SPH metal cutting simulation", co-authored by Dr. Mamzi Afrasiabi and Prof. Markus Bambach

Publication alert: experimental and numerical study of diamond grits scratching on steel

We welcome Dr.-Ing Marc Ackermann in our Team!

We welcome Dr. Noémie Martin and Pauline Fichter in our Team

New publication out on numerical investigation of the effect of process parameters on melt pool geometry in Laser Powder Bed Fusion(LPBF) of metals.

New paper out on process optimization of multi-material 3D structures fabricated by spark plasma sintering,

New paper out on thermal predictions in additive manufacturing.

Our Team partecipated to the SAMCE Summer Event 2022

We welcome Prof. Dr. Stephen Duncan in our Team!

We welcome Nicolas Macallister in our Team!

We are happy to welcome Yunong Lin as a new member of our research group.

Co-organization of a minisymposium at the 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM)

Nice group hike day on Rigi

We are happy to welcome Carina van der Linde as a new member of our research group.

New publication out coauthored by Prof. Markus Bambach.

The paper proposes a new data-driven finite volume model that combines the semi-discrete form of the energy balance with a temporal convolutional neural network.

Taking the first steps to develop an efficient simulation-based tool for detecting porosity in laser powder bed fusion.

am|z will be hosting Prof. Julia Mergheim on Tuesday, May 17th. 

Our Team amlZebras successfully completed SOLA Stafette 2022

We welcome a new PhD candidate at am|z! Caroline P. Martendal will be joining us to investigate multimaterial LPBF processes.

Read our PBF review paper co-authored with Professors Mehrpouya, Vaneker, and Gibson of the University of Twente.

We are pleased to announce that The Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory is finally on LinkedIn. Follow the page to know about regularly updates.