The UV additive manufacturing techniques discussed in prior columns have focused primarily on hardware approaches to additive manufacturing or the chemistry developed in combination with those approaches. 1 The current column is a brief survey of the use of UV additive manufacturing to enable and enhance the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The subject of this … [Read more...] about Photopolymer Additive Applications in AI Data Centers
Additive Manufacturing
Advances in Photopolymer Design
The UV additive manufacturing techniques discussed in this column have focused primarily on hardware approaches to additive manufacturing or the chemistry developed in combination with those approaches. 1 The current column is a brief survey of chemistries developed to function within the existing printer hardware landscape to explore novel areas of material performance. These … [Read more...] about Advances in Photopolymer Design
Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
The UV additive manufacturing techniques discussed in this column have focused on approaches in which the part is printed layer by layer in series. 1 The current column reviews technical approaches to volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM, also referred to as Deep Vat Printing, or DVP), a general class of additive techniques in which the part is freely suspended within the … [Read more...] about Volumetric Additive Manufacturing
RIP Additive Manufacturing Hype
The hype cycle for additive manufacturing (AM) finally has run its course. For more than a decade, the industry was propelled forward by bold claims, inflated expectations and unfounded speculation. Like most bubbles, irrational liquidity fueled a wave of hubris that outpaced the industry’s actual ability to deliver. When the perceived value of limitless potential drastically … [Read more...] about RIP Additive Manufacturing Hype
Direct Ink Writing in Multi-Material AM
Although capable of generating parts from photopolymers in high resolution, a challenge of vat-based approaches is their limitations in multi-material applications. 1 In the preceding column, I reviewed multi-vat and multi-wavelength approaches to this challenge. The current column reviews technical approaches and applications of additively manufactured multi-material parts … [Read more...] about Direct Ink Writing in Multi-Material AM