By Jonathan Welch, head of Data Science at Albert Invent; Jason Killgore, project leader and materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) It’s hard to find a more loaded, divisive and buzzworthy topic in business today than artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Some people love its promise of automation, efficiency … [Read more...] about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Photopolymers: The Hype, the Potential and the Path Forward
2023 Quarter 4
Using UV to Cure at Vampire Optical Coatings
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology Vampire Optical Coatings Inc., Pataskala, Ohio, designs and manufactures coatings and coated films to control light reflectivity, refractive index and static electricity, and also to increase surface hardness and mar resistance and to prolong the life of outdoor plastics. Customers served include integrated circuit manufacturers, touch … [Read more...] about Using UV to Cure at Vampire Optical Coatings
Photopolymer Week Unites Industry in Boulder
By Callie Higgins, NIST With the aim of “Building a Unified Vision from Research to Regulation,” the Photopolymer Additive Manufacturing Alliance (PAMA) met in September at the University of Colorado Boulder to continue its mission to advance photopolymer additive manufacturing (PAM). The PAMA 2023 Workshop attracted over 80 attendees from major research labs, government, … [Read more...] about Photopolymer Week Unites Industry in Boulder
Axtra3D Develops Hybrid Light Engine for Photopolymer AM
By Liz Stevens, writer, UV+EB Technology Axtra3D, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a subsidiary in Vicenza, Italy, was founded in 2021 and specializes in developing advanced additive manufacturing solutions. The company earned a place among the RadLaunch Class of 2023 with its Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) technology which combines two traditional light engines … [Read more...] about Axtra3D Develops Hybrid Light Engine for Photopolymer AM
The Mirrored Evolution of Crosslinked Photopolymers for 3D Printing
By Aric Yackly, business development manager, Stratasys For those of us who are old enough to have driven in the 1980s, we remember (without our rose-colored glasses on) that the fresh plastic interiors of the cars we drove changed from tough, bright, glossy colors to brittle and sun-faded over a shorter period of time than we’d have hoped for. That is just a quick … [Read more...] about The Mirrored Evolution of Crosslinked Photopolymers for 3D Printing