sla 3d printing
Fraunhofer ILT & Project Partners Creating New 3D Printer to Offer Both Precision & Speed
A new project is underway in Europe via Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and their partners. Funded by both the European Union and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia,…
Deep Learning Used to Predict Stress in SLA 3D Printed Structures
In a thesis entitled “Deep Learning Based Stress Prediction for Bottom-Up Stereo-lithography (SLA) 3D Printing Process,” a University at Buffalo student named Aditya Pramod Khadlikar describes a method of predicting…
3D Printing News Briefs: October 31, 2018
Happy Halloween, fair readers! We’re giving you a treat today instead of a trick – our latest edition of 3D Printing News Briefs. First up, Materialise has completed a mammoth…
Research Shows that Silicone Resin Prepolymers Can Be Used for Ultraviolet-Assisted 3D Printing
There are many advantages to ultraviolet (UV)-curable systems, like energy saving, rapid curing, environmentally friendly, and high cost performance. These systems are used often with UV-assisted 3D printing, which deposits…
LumiFold TB to Debut at Maker Faire Rome
Italy’s Lumi Industries’ journey into desktop 3D printing began over five years ago with development of the initial LumiFold—unique in its affordability and portability. Soon after came the formal inception…
Designer Julia Daviy Stuns at New York Fashion Week with Functional 3D Printed Fashion Collection
Clothing is one of the many tools with which we use to express ourselves. I am generally a jeans and t-shirt kind of person, but many of my shirts have…
3D Printing Organic Resin Objects with Inorganic Nanoparticles for Anti-Counterfeiting Measures
In order to keep our 3D printed parts safe from being illegally replicated, we often turn to anti-counterfeiting measures, such as embedded identification tags and QR codes, bar codes, and even quantum…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 14, 2018
We’re bringing you the latest 3D printing business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, plus a little 3D printed art to round things out. FATHOM is partnering with SOLIDWORKS software…
Researchers Use Cross-Linking Strategy to Improve SLA 3D Printing, Focus on Polyurethane-Acrylate
Stereolithography, also referred to as SLA and SL, was the first 3D printing method invented, and while for a long time it was only considered to be a prototyping solution,…
Researchers Develop Glow in the Dark Resin for SLA 3D Printing
Glow in the dark 3D printer filament for FDM 3D printing has been around for a while now, mostly as a novelty so that people can make fun glow in…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 28, 2018
We’re talking about business, cool products, and events in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a how-to video on smoothing your 3D prints and a student competition project. Nano…
Thesis Provides Proof of Concept for Using 3D Printing to Improve Design of Internal Pressure Relief Valve
Over the years, 3D printing has proven to be a pretty handy technology to have in one’s toolbox when it comes to making replacement and mechanical parts, like hand water pumps,…
Could Your Next Headphones Use 3D Printed Metamaterials?
We’ve often seen 3D printing used to fabricate headphones and earbuds. But a team of researchers from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 10, 2018
We’ve got some business news to start things off with in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a little research and a really cool 3D printed costume. The Department…
Proper 3D Printing Orientation and Technique Can Introduce Dielectric Strength Anisotropy into Insulator Components
3D printing has been applied to multiple projects across the various branches of the US military. However, before the technology can be used for more critical applications, some of its…
Inexpensive 3D Printed Membrane Feeder Aids in Malaria Studies
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2016 roughly 445,000 people around the world died of malaria, a serious disease caused by a parasite that often infects a certain…
3D Printing News Briefs: July 27, 2018
We’ve got plenty of awards and other business news for you today in 3D Printing News Briefs. Sinterit and ViscoTec each received awards for their technology, while Arkema announced that…
No Bones About It: Materialise Has Taken On a Mammoth 3D Printed Reconstruction Project
Materialise is in the middle of an SLA 3D printing project of epic proportions…one might even call it a mammoth job. The Belgium-based company is creating a life-size, 3D printed…
imec Saves Time and Money with New 3D Printed Chip Cooling Solution
One of the world’s top research and innovation hubs in nanoelectronics and digital technologies is imec, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium with additional offices in Japan and India and distributed R&D groups in…
Multi-material & Multi-property Components with Additive Manufacturing
With more knowledge gathering in the additive manufacturing sector, there is a need to exploit one of its multiple advantages, which is to be able to produce components/parts with multimaterials…
Protolabs and 3Diligent Know That 3D Printing Is Not Always the Answer
At RAPID + TCT 2018 in Texas last week, in between catching up on the latest 3D printing innovations, products, and themes, we spoke with many 3D printing companies on the floor,…
Ultimaker, Raise3D, UnionTech Showcase New Problem-Solving 3D Printers at RAPID + TCT
This year’s RAPID + TCT ended only a few days ago in Fort Worth, Texas, and we’ve been busily sharing with you all of the many innovations we witnessed and…
Custom Prototypes Reclaims AMUG Gold with Stunning Metal 3D Printed Roman Helmet
Last week, the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) held its annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri. Many 3D printing announcements came out of the show, but the one I’m most…
InterPRO Expanding Industrial Capabilities With Installation of UnionTech’s RSPro 800 SLA 3D Printer
On-demand 3D printing solutions provider InterPRO Additive Manufacturing Group, based in Connecticut, helps companies develop, prototype, and manufacture better products at a faster rate. The company, an additive manufacturing partner of…
