Cavity vat photopolymerisation for additive manufacturing of polymer-composite 3D objects

There is an ongoing drive for new additive manufacturing processes that produce complex parts. Here, cavity vat polymerisation is introduced, in which cavities are filled with a dual-curing resin that forms an elastomer/thermoset covalently bonded interface, creating hard-shell/soft-core parts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joel Bachmann, Philip Obst, Lukas Knorr, Stefan Schmölzer, Gabriele Fruhmann, Gerd Witt, Tim Osswald, Katrin Wudy, Olaf Hinrichsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00211-5