A magentic cup-like shape, created in the 3D-printer. Credit: Image courtesy of Vienna University of Technology
For the 1st time, magnets can be made with a 3D printer. It is difficult to produce a permanent magnet with a magnetic field of a specific pre-determined shape. That is, until now, thanks to TU Wien: for the first time ever, permanent magnets can be produced using a 3D printer. This allows magnets to be produced in complex forms and precisely customised magnetic fields, required, for example, in magnetic sensors.
“The strength of a magnetic field is not the only factor,” says Dieter Süss, Head of Christian-Doppler Advanced Magnetic Sensing and Materials lab, TU Wien...
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