vat polymerization
3DPOD 298: Dental 3D Printing with Amir Mansouri, SprintRay
Amir Mansouri started SprintRay to make an accurate Vat Polymerization system. Through conversations with customers, SprintRay became a $100 million revenue dental 3D printing company instead. Now, Mansouri tells us…
Tethon 3D Acquires Fortify IP to Target RF and Defense Applications
Tethon 3D has acquired Fortify’s advanced materials intellectual property. Fortify wanted to bring fiber-reinforced vat-polymerized parts to market before pivoting to electronics and later to RF applications. This got them…
Ceramics 3D Printing at Ceramitec 2026
Ceramitec is a key event for the ceramics industry. Held in the lovely city of Munich, it is the leading global event for the ceramics community. With around 13,000 participants…
BMF Turns Up the Speed with microArch S150 Series
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) is releasing the microArch S150 Series. This series comprises two compact desktop systems. There’s a speedy microArch S150 Ultra and a more lab- or experiment-oriented microArch…
3D Printing Predictions 2026: Industrial Production & Polymer Additive Manufacturing
Polymer additive manufacturing is seeing less investment, attention, and disruption than metal additive manufacturing currently. Less crucial for defense needs, it has of late had far fewer new entrants. But,…
EPFL Is Growing Metal
Over the years, researchers in additive manufacturing have been working on different hydrogel systems for scaffolds, supports, and parts. Others have worked on different forms of growing 3D prints, while…
SEOULTECH Researchers Make Auxetic 3D Printed Pressure Sensors for Wearables
In a recent paper, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SEOULTECH) researchers look at “Additively Manufactured 3D Auxetic Metamaterials for Structurally Guided Capacitive and Resistive Tactile Sensing.” Mingyu Kang, Hong-Gap…
PostProcess Technologies Offers Automated Resin Removal for the Stratasys Neo800+
PostProcess Technologies has paired its DEMI 4100 automated resin removal system with the Stratasys Neo800+. The Neo is a line of workhouse vat polymerization systems long loved by Formula 1…
Zhejiang University Researchers Potentially Develop Sustainable Closed Loop Resins
Zhejiang University researchers have come up with a thrilling discovery that could make resins much more sustainable. In a paper for Science, “Circular 3D printing of high-performance photopolymers through dissociative…
3DPOD 256: DLP AM at Visitech with Øyvind Tafjord, CEO
Øyvind Tafjord runs Visitech, a firm that makes the light engines that power a lot of the DLP machines we use in Additive. We talk to Øyvind about light engines,…
PostProcess Technologies Targets Chairside 3D Printing with DEMI X 200 Plus
PostProcess Technologies has released the DEMI X 200 Plus, a vat polymerization cleaning unit that integrates curing, rinsing, drying, and cleaning into a single device. This not only enhances operator…
Formnext Day Three: Rock & Zoll
The biggest news on day three was, of course, the reactions to the band at the exhibitor’s party. The soirée was well attended, with the crowd rocking on until early…
Axtra3D Unveils New 3D Printing Materials and Partnerships at Formnext 2024
Axtra3D has a novel approach to vat polymerization by combining digital light processing with laser stereolithography, allowing it to produce exceptionally well-defined edges and details. This combination of high detail,…
3D Printer OEM Axtra3D Raises Nearly $10M in Series A
Axtra3D, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of 3D printers leveraging the company’s patented Hybrid Photosynthesis (HPS) technology, has received another $4.5 million in Series A financing, bringing its total Series…
Custom Lab Institute’s 3D Printed Lab Equipment Democratizes Research
In 2018, we reported on an initiative to 3D print lab equipment. Now, seven years later, we are checking in with the Custom Lab Institute to see how the quest…
Xolo Launches the Xube2 Volumetric 3D Printer
Xolo has launched the Xube2, a volumetric 3D printer designed for scientific research. The machine allows users to switch between 375 nm and 405 nm light sources and adjust resolutions….
Protolabs Buys DLP-SLA Combo 3D Printer from Axtra3D
Axtra3D has sold a Lumia X1 to Protolabs, to be installed at the manufacturing service provider’s Raleigh, North Carolina location. The Lumia X1 is a high-throughput vat polymerization system that…
An Intertwined Future: 3D Printing Nanocellulose
Nanocellulose is an exciting new group of materials that could be widely used in manufacturing. Nanocellulose, also called nano cellulose, cellulose nanofibers (CNF), cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), and microfibrillated cellulose (MFC),…
OCEAN 3D Printer from Azul3D Prints at 300 mm per Hour
Azul 3D has a LAKE 3D printer and now the firm has expanded with the Ocean. The OCEAN has an 812 mm x 812 mm build area and is meant…
3D Printing Unpeeled: Biofuel Waste to Filament & Sustainable Photopolymers
I can’t ever remember a day with so many potentially high impact news stories have come out. In one story, we all know that there are problems with the safety…
Tethon 3D Releases Cost-effective Bioprinter
Tethon 3D, known for its ceramic-loaded DLP materials, custom resins, and DLP 3D printers, has recently released a bioprinter. Vat polymerization printers like DLP systems have been widely used by…
Sprybuild Automates Resin 3D Printing with Continuous Platform
Sprybuild is based in Israel but staffed by engineers who came from Ukraine due to the war. The company aims to increase the yield of vat polymerization 3D printers by…
Incus Metal 3D Printing Gets Bigger and Faster with Hammer Pro40 System
Austrian 3D printing startup Incus has unveiled the Hammer Pro40, a slurry digital light processing (DLP) solution capable of creating metal parts through a combination of vat polymerization and sintering….
Exclusive Interview: Porsche Design on 3D Printing Shoes with Puma
Just recently Porsche Design and Puma collaborated on the design of a new shoe, the 3D MTRX. The athletic footwear uses vat polymerization to make a lattice sole with high…
