Photopolymerization/SLA
NIOSH Publishes 3D Printing Safety Guide for Nonindustrial Settings
NIOSH has published a 3D printing safety guide for small businesses and other additive manufacturing users such as makerspace users, schools, libraries and small businesses.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Louisville Slugger Uses Formlabs Technology to Accelerate Innovation
Louisville Slugger relies on Formlabs’ Form 3 stereolithography 3D printer to create both prototypes and manufacturing aids for designs of the composite and aluminum bats swung by youth and collegiate players.
Read MoreStudents Use Micro Metal 3D Printing for ISS Microgravity Experiment
Qualified3D printed lattice parts for the students using microstereolithography (micro SLA), which seemed to be the only process able to produce the parts with sufficient accuracy.
Read MoreChromatic RX-Flow 3D Printers for Reactive Extrusion Additive
RX-Flow printers are a low-cost option for manufacturers interested in testing and implementing industrial 3D printing with more durable, flexible materials than are available with FDM, SLA and other 3D printing technologies.
Read MoreEvonik Adds Three Infinam Photopolymers to Product Portfolio
Formnext 2022: These photoresin products are for use in common UV-curing 3D printing processes such as stereolithography (SLA) or Digital Light Processing (DLP).
Read More3D Systems’ SLA 750 for Cost-Effective SLA Batch Part Production
Rapid + TCT 2022: The system features the SLA 750 and SLA 750 Dual — which the company says is the first synchronous, dual-laser stereolithography printer.
Read MoreAM 101: Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)
Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) is the name for Carbon's resin-based 3D printing process. How it works and how it differs from stereolithography.
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Intrepid Automation: How Investment Casting Benefits From High Speed DLP
Vat polymerization 3D printing for investment casting patterns offers a way to deliver design freedom at production speed.
Peter Zelinski
Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing
Formlabs Launches SLA Printers, ESD Resin for Optimizing 3D Printing Workflow
The Form 3+ and Form 3B+ were designed to provide speed, quality and workflow efficiency.
Read MoreVat Photopolymerization and VOC Emissions: Study Results and User Guidelines
New research conducted by Chemical Insights, part of Underwriters Laboratories, is studying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and particles emitted by resin-style 3D printers. Here are what the results indicate and how to operate machines safely.
Read MoreMicro 3D Printing Slashes Costs, Lead Time for Medical Part
Micro 3D printing enabled AntiShock to produce a small-dimension, high-detail part with greater accuracy than SLA and at 20% of the cost of CNC production.
Read MorePhotocentric Explores How 3D Printed Battery Electrodes Could Drive Electric Vehicles Forward
Precise control of battery electrode architecture through photopolymerization opens the door to new cell geometries and lighter battery packs for EVs and more, Photocentric says.
Read MoreStratasys Completes Acquisition of Origin
Origin’s resin-based Programmable PhotoPolymerization (P3) technology addresses fast-growing demand for tooling and end-use parts across multiple applications.
Read MoreStratasys Aquisition Brings New AM Platform to Polymer Production
Origin’s resin-based Programmable PhotoPolymerization (P3) technology expands Stratasys product range in the fast-growing market for 3D printed mass production parts.
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Altana Launches 10 Resin-Based Cubic Ink Materials for 3D printing
The new resins in the Cubic Ink family of 3D printing materials are focused on system-open and industry-applicable additive manufacturing across DLP, LCD and SLA technologies.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
PostProcess’ Demi 4000 Optimizes Automated SLA Resin Removal
Demi 4000 utilizes PostProcess’ submersible technology for consistent, hands-free resin removal on large part sizes or large builds with many smaller sized stereolithography parts.
Read MoreThe Promise of Full Polymerization in Resin 3D Printing
Origin’s platform isn’t just another resin 3D printer based on digital light processing (DLP). Through hardware, software and material partnerships, the company is changing what is possible inside a photopolymerization printer.
Read More"Stereolithography for Metals" Produces Detailed Parts
Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing (LMM), a new technique developed by Incus uses a curing process based on stereolithography to build green metal parts with photopolymer.
Read MoreFormlabs Low Force Stereolithography Printers Delivers Accurate Parts
Formnext 2019: Formlabs’ Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) 3D printers Form 3 and Form 3L use a flexible tank to drastically reduce the forces of the peel process, providing incredible surface finish and detail and linear illumination to deliver accurate, repeatable parts.
Read MoreWhat Is Vat Photopolymerization?
Vat photopolymerization was the first AM process to be successfully commercialized. Three decades later, this technology has shown how AM is capable of scaling to volume production and making custom products on demand.
Read MoreFormlabs Launches Low-Force Stereolithography 3D Printers
Formlabs has launched its Form 3 and Form 3L Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) printers, aiming to advance digital fabrication and further 3D printing technology.
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3D Systems’ Accura AMX Resin Withstands Harsh Thermal Environments
Formnext 2023: The resin material is well suited for the testing of high-temperature components in applications such as HVAC, consumer appliances, motor enclosures, fixtures, mounts, stators, molding/tooling and more.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Formlabs Elastic Resin Provides 50A Shore Durometer
Rapid 2019: Formlabs has started shipping elastic resin, the latest addition to its family of engineering resins for the Form 2 stereolithography (SLA) 3D printer.
Read MoreNIST Method Measures Polymer Material Properties During 3D Printing
The light-based atomic force microscopy (AFM) technique offers insights into the stereolithography process.
Read MoreThe Technology House Steps into 3D Printing for Production
The Technology House was founded on stereolithography for prototyping, but each step forward has been a move toward production. The company is now 3D printing end-use parts, enabled by Carbon’s SpeedCell line and durable materials.
Read MoreMachine Shop Finds Opportunities with SLA 3D Printer
Adding a Form 2 desktop stereolithography 3D printer from Formlabs has enabled A&M Tool and Design to expedite workflows with 3D-printed prototypes, tooling and more.
Read MoreUnion Tech Opens Demonstration Center in Chicago Area
The new center showcases the company's stereolithography 3D printers and applications.
Read MoreUnionTech Offers Large-Frame RSPro 1400
Rapid 2018: The stereolithography 3D printer supports dual-laser printing.
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