By Cara Bommarito, sustainability manager, RadTech Sustainability is about being efficient and understanding the tradeoffs of innovation. RadTech’s membership is a unique representation of the entire supply chain: resin suppliers, end users and all the critical industries in between. Having many different industry perspectives is beneficial to gathering a holistic view of … [Read more...] about Fortis Utilizes Energy-Curable Technology to Shape Sustainability
2023 Quarter 1
The Missing Puzzle Piece: The Formulators’ Chemical Needs for Additive Manufacturing
By David A. Walker, Ph.D., executive chairperson, PAMA It’s easy to think, given the continuous news stream of emerging applications, that 3D printing is ready to take the world by storm… but there remain missing puzzle pieces that 3D printing resin formulators need in order to enter key markets and grow beyond dental applications. From many of the envisioned applications, … [Read more...] about The Missing Puzzle Piece: The Formulators’ Chemical Needs for Additive Manufacturing
Making the Working Curve Work for You
By Jason P. Killgore, NIST Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Project The working curve is a foundational measurement in Vat Photopolymerization (VP) additive manufacturing methods, such as stereolithography (SLA), digital light processing (DLP) and masked SLA. The working curve establishes a relationship between the depth (or thickness) of a photo-cured resin and the … [Read more...] about Making the Working Curve Work for You