Dr Filomeno Martina

Tag: start ups

  • WAAM S1:E4 The business case

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    Where it holds, where it doesn’t There is a persistent version of the Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) narrative that centres on efficiency gains: less material wasted, fewer process steps, shorter lead times, and a more direct route from design to part. These claims are not incorrect. Under specific conditions, the process can deliver precisely…

  • WAAM S1:E3 The hidden complexity of making it work

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    Why capability is harder than it looks There is usually a point in a Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) programme where the process appears to have stabilised sufficiently for the problem to be framed as one of optimisation rather than understanding, and this moment tends to coincide with the first part that is recognisably acceptable.…

  • Brilliant science, fragile ventures: why academic spin-outs struggle

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    There is a particular kind of confidence that emerges inside academia. It is built slowly, through years of study, experimentation, publication, and peer recognition. It is well earned. Yet when it is carried into the world of venture creation, it often becomes a liability. Not because it is misplaced, but because it has been shaped…