1. New EDM electrodes manufactured with electrically conductive materials by Additive manufacturing (AM)

2. TEASER
EDM electrodes are manufactured by machining, consuming a lot of time and accruing high costs.
AM processes enable the production of EDM electrodes saving a lot of time, raw material, resources and costs. For that, new highly conductive materials for AM are required.
AIJU has developed highly conductive phenolic resins [under patent] and aims to apply its know-how to the formulation of new conductive materials for different AM processes. They will be validated in the manufacturing of EDM electrodes.

3. ORGANISATION PROFILE
Talleres Tibi, S.L. is a SME devoted to the processing of thermoplastics products by injection moulding. It has an staff of 20 people that gives support to the intensive industry sited in the surrounding, mainly devoted to children products, packaging and their auxiliary industry.
Talleres Tibi, has its own department to design and processes the EDM electrodes. It is highly experienced in injection moulding and mouldmaking.

4. PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION (I)
Vision: main project goal
Development of innovative electrical discharge machining (EDM) electrodes by Additive Manufacturing, using new advanced electrically conductive materials.
Motivation: why the project is necessary
Their production with EDM electrodes by AM technologies can highly reduce lead time and costs.
Content: which are the developments to be made in the project
Several (re-)formulations of conductive resins and thermoplastics for SLS, SLA/DLP and FFF.

5. PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION (II)
Expected outcome: descriptions of the results to be obtained in the project
Four types of marketable electrically conductive materials suitable to be processed in LS, SLA, DLP and FFF conventional machines
Procedure for the quick achievement of EDM electrodes by AM
Reducing manufacturing lead times and costs of the EDM electrodes
Product validation and quality certification
Impacts: what will be the expected market impact of the project
Largely boost the AM, EDM electrodes and moulds markets
Schedule: start and end dates for the project. Duration.
01/12/2018 – 30/11/2021

6. PARTNERS
Current Consortium: list of partners already involved in the project
Talleres Tibi
+ 90
RTD: AIJU
RTD: ULPGC
Partner search: type of partner searched and countries of origin.
The searched partner/s should be a non-Spanish, non-Turkish SMEs within SMART scope with the following profiles:
- Formulator of photo-curable resins.
- Formulator of thermoplastics for 3D filaments
- Formulator of SLS materials
- Scale of SLS materials, photo-curable resins and/or FFF filaments

7. CONTACT INFO
Contact info: of the person coordinating the project proposal
Pepi Galvañ