INEX-ADAM, the European Project Working to Expand Additive Manufacturing Knowledge

One of the main barriers that companies face when adopting additive manufacturing in their activity is lack of training or knowledge of materials. To address this situation, different types of training and projects are emerging with the aim of democratizing the use of 3D printing and facilitating its integration as a complementary production technology. One of these projects is the European INEX-ADAM, which arose with the goal of facilitating access to knowledge of additive manufacturing run by the University of Zagreb in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (UNIZAG FSB). Several institutions from different European countries have participated in it, among them, the technological center AIDIMME. We talked to Olga Jordá, R&D engineer at AIDIMME, to learn more about this interesting initiative that promotes the adoption of 3D printing in Europe.

3DN: Can you briefly introduce yourself and explain what the INEX-ADAM project is?

Olga Jordá

I am Olga Jordá, Industrial Engineer by the Polytechnic University of Valencia since 2001. I have been an R&D Engineer in the field of New Manufacturing Processes at AIDIMME since 2002, I am a specialist in additive manufacturing technologies, mainly in the development of new industrial applications, the development of training plans for knowledge transfer, and in the validation of additive manufacturing processes.

The INEX-ADAM project (INcreasing EXcellence on ADvanced Additive Manufacturing) is a European Twinning call project that started in 2018 and just ended in February 2022. The main objective is to facilitate and equip the Center for Additive Technologies, CATeh at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb, Croatia, to become an industry reference center by increasing excellence and innovative capacity for research in the field of additive manufacturing.