ESD Masterbatches & Formulations for resin 3D-printing

Electrostatic discharge resins (ESD resin) are materials that reduce static electricity build up. A static dissipative class of materials with 10^5 to 10^8 Ohms is required to eliminate electrical discharge. These materials are frequently required for example in these applications listed by rapidmade.com: Electronics – to prevent static charge from shorting circuit boards and damaging [...]

FEP vs. PFA film tested for resin 3D-printing

Most resin 3D-printers have a transparent film on the bottom of the resin tank. These thin films are often made from the polymer Fluorinated ethylene propylene and are therefore called FEP-films. Within 3D-printing often a thickness of 0,1mm is used. This film wears and after every few kilograms of resin you will need a new one, [...]

What type of plastic is SLA resin?

There are three main techniques for 3D-printing plastic materials. These are FDM, SLS and resin 3D-printing. The differences in these techniques can be found in the links above. All techniques have their own advantages, type of materials and disadvantages. The differences in material choices for each 3D-printing technique is explained in this article. Learn more about resin vs filament 3D-printing in the [...]

Tough vs. Strong 3D-printing resin explained

When searching for a suitable engineering 3D-printing resin, it might be difficult to select the right one for your applications. In the field of tough 3D-printing resins, there is a huge offering. We noticed that often the name ‘tough’ gets confused with ‘strong’ resins. For instance our Liqcreate Strong-X resin is listed in All3D.com’s ‘ABS-Like [...]

8K compatible resin for DLP and MSLA 3d-printing

If you look at the resin 3D-printer offering these days, there are already a lot of desktop MSLA / LCD printers that already utilize 8K imaging technology. For instance the: - Phrozen Sonic Mega 8K - Phrozen Sonic Mighty 8K - Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K - Elegoo Saturn 2 8K - Anycubic Photon M3 Premium [...]

World first 8K DLP resin 3D-printer soon available?

When reading the title, you probably think that this is old news. As Envisiontec -ETEC after the Desktop Metal Acquisition- already has a DLP printer named the Xtreme 8K. But actually 8K projectors are not really available, yet…   Why is a 8K high resolution DLP so difficult? What manufacturers use these days to call [...]

Jetting 3d-printing technology explained and comparison with DLP, MSLA and SLA resin

There are plenty of well-known 3D-printing technologies like SLA and SLS. The offering of SLA and SLS printers is exploded the past years with industrial printers, desktop printers and anything in between. For the jetting printers, there has been a limited amount of new entrants and innovations. One of the first 3D-printing companies was Objet. [...]

Engineering resins for SLA, LCD, DLP & MSLA 3D-printers

Whilst the 3D-printing market grows rapidly, the demand for better 3D-printing resin grows with it. This leads to the development of a wide variety of photopolymer engineering resin. All new types of resins are finding their way into the market for specific applications. The term engineering resin is a combination for all resins with enhanced [...]