{"id":11203,"date":"2019-01-16T00:15:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T00:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:05:52","slug":"3d-printing-with-light-160120194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/3d-printing-with-light-160120194\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing with Light: it’s 100 times faster"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the University of Michigan, researchers have developed a new 3D printing method which is 100 times faster than normal. The paper<\/a> published in the journal Science Advances described the new process; it promises faster and more efficient small-scale manufacturing by allowing very quick production of items.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3D Printing with Light<\/h3>\n

The researchers are using light to shape resins in a vat of liquid. Contrary to the conventional method which would be to 3D print an object by building up plastic filaments layer by layer, it is less time consuming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3D printing<\/a> has led to major savings by reducing the need to invest in moulds (which can cost more than $10,000) for relatively small manufacturing jobs. However, one inconvenience which remains is the production timescale which has not been able catch up to a typical one. As Timothy Scott, an associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Michigan explained, you would need hundreds of machines if you were trying to produce at a decent pace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Instead, the new method of 3D printing is very quick. Their method solidifies the liquid resin using two lights to control where the resin is hardened and where it stays fluid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n