Researchers develop speedy 3D printing

 

A new 3D printing method developed at the University of Michigan enables complex shapes to be pulled from a vat at 100 times the print speed of conventional 3D printers. (Image by Evan Dougherty/Michigan Engineering)

University of Michigan researchers said they have developed a 3D printing method that’s up to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing processes.

Rather than building up plastic filaments layer by layer, the new approach lifts complex shapes from a vat of liquid at high speed, potentially allowing manufacturers to produce up to 10,000 objects without the need for a mold and in much less than the conventional week or two.

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