3D Printing Materials

Fortify are the inventors and developers of Fluxprint, a magnetic 3D printing technology that uses resin to make composites with optimized microstructures. Josh Martin,  CEO, and Co-founder, now continues our series looking at the State of Resin 3D Printing with his insights. 3D printed luneburg-like RF lenses. Photo via Fortify. 3DPI: How have you seen resin-based 3D printing develop in recent years? Josh Martin: In recent years the application space of resin-based printing has shifted from prototyping to manufacturing. Vat-based printing has always had respectable throughput and part quality (accuracy, surface finish, etc) but functional materials are relatively new to the field and long overdue. 3DPI: What do you consider the next technology hurdles for photopolymer-based 3D printing to overcome? Josh Martin: An area of opportunity with photopolymer-based printing is in everything that comes after printing a part. I believe that post-processing is an underappreciated part of the manufacturing process….    read more 

Our next article in the State of Resin 3D Printing series contains insights from a scientist with a deep understanding of additive manufacturing and material science. Professor Joanna Ortyl, PhD, DSc., Eng.,  runs the Ortyl Applied Research Team at the Cracow University of Technology. Projects include Opus, looking at carbon dots and applications in photopolymerisation, and the development of a 3D printer to work with nanocomposites. Research spans bioprinting of hydrogels, cationic and free-radical photoinitiators to 3D-vat printing.  Professor Ortyl is also CEO of Photo HiTech and Photo4Chem, enterprises active in science and engineering with expertise in photopolymers. New photocurable formulations containing luminescent molecular sensors for imaging detecting and spectroscopic sensing. Photo via Photo4Chem. 3DPI: What do you consider the next technology hurdles for photopolymer-based 3D printing to overcome? Joanna Ortyl: The next technological hurdles that photopolymer-based 3D-VAT printing technology must overcome are primarily the ability to print integrated circuits…    read more 

Our series looking at additive manufacturing with VAT photopolymerization continues with insights from Karsten Müller, Sales Director, Rapid Shape GmbH, Germany. Based in southern Germany, Rapid Shape has over ten years of experience in specialized 3D printing systems for dentistry, hearing aids, jewelry, and industrial markets. With 3D printing systems including the I50+ and I100+, Rapid Shape provides a range of solutions from prototyping to production.  We need your insights. How do you see the resin 3D printing market and where can improvements be made? Take the Spotlight on Resin 3D Printing survey now. Rapid Shape systems connected together to form a dental production line. Photo via Rapid Shape. 3DPI: How have you seen resin-based 3D printing develop in recent years? Karsten Müller: Even three to four years ago, we haven’t seen real applicable resin out there in the market for industrial use. Photopolymer resin always was to be used…    read more 

3D Printing Industry is taking a close look at resin 3D printing with a series of articles from experts in this specific area of additive manufacturing. We’ll be publishing the results of our Spotlight on Resin 3D Printing survey to wrap up the series in the coming weeks. Today, Nexa3D’s Izhar Medalsy and Kevin McAlea, respectively Chief Technology Officer and Chief Operating Officer look at the State of Resin 3D Printing. Medalsy holds a Ph.D. and MSc in Physical Chemistry and McAlea holds a BSc and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – both are well placed to provide a technical perspective on this topic. We need your insights. How do you see the resin 3D printing market and where can improvements be made? Take the Spotlight on Resin 3D Printing survey now. Izhar Medalsy and Avi Reichental. Image via Nexa3D. 3DPI: How have you seen resin-based 3D printing develop in…    read more 

We want to hear from you. Where is resin 3D printing winning and what are the hurdles? Take the Spotlight on Resin 3D Printing survey now. Our series looking at the State of Resin 3D Printing continues with insights gained from running a 3D printing bureau. With more than twenty years of experience, AME-3D is an industrial 3D printing service provider based in Sheffield, UK. In this article Managing Director, Rich Proctor, of AME-3D discusses how the areas where SLA 3D printing technology needs to advance and how new materials could propel the sector further.  Rich Proctor Managing Director, AME 3D. Photo via AME 3D. 3DPI: How have you seen resin-based 3D printing develop in recent years? Rich Proctor: There are more varied technologies compared to ten years and more ago. Before there was only SLA, not there’s DLP, MSLA, LFS etc. Also, the materials are much improved. When we…    read more