Nos últimos anos a utilização da fabricação aditiva para o desenvolvimento de produtos acabados tem aumentado cada vez mais pois, as propriedades dos materiais e tecnologias utilizadas têm correspondido as necessidades e requisit...

Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is an additive manufacturing technique that is used to produce prototypes and a gradually more important processing route to obtain final products. Due to the layer-by-layer deposition mechanism involved, bond...

Laser transmission welding of injection moulded thermoplastics is commonly used in industrial applications such as electronic packaging, textiles, biomedical devices, windows, signs, food and medical packaging, visual displays and automotive components ...

The main focus of this work is to study the processability and characteristics of highly loaded spent coffee grounds (SCG) thermoplastic polymer composites, for sustainable applications. SCG powder was characterized in terms of size dist...