Photopolymer based customized additive manufacturing technologies

01.06.2010 - 30.05.2013
Forschungsförderungsprojekt
Lithography based additive manufacturing technologies (AMT) are capable of fabricating parts with excellent surface quality, good feature resolution and precision. With recent developments in the field of ultra-short-pulse lasers and light engines based on light emitting diodes, robust and economical light sources have become available. This project aims at developing integrated lithography-based additive manufacturing systems which will, for the first time, facilitate the processing of photopolymer-based materials for the factory of the future. The focus of the project is to unite industrial know-how in the field of software development, photopolymers and ceramics, high-performance light-sources, system integration and end-users in order to provide a fully integrated process chain at the end of the project. The consortium will rely on two core-technologies: (1) Digital light processing (DLP) based processes will be used to process ceramic-filled photopolymers, leading to fully dense ceramic parts at the end of the process chain. (2) Two photon polymerization (2PP) will be used to fabricate high-resolution structures with features in the range of 100-200nm. Both processes will be tuned to reduce system cost, and significantly increase throughput and reliability at the same time. Goal is to deliver 'first-time-right' strategies for the involved end-users. Targeted applications include thread guides for textile machinery, ceramic moulds for the fabrication of high-performance turbine blades and microstructures for computer tomography equipment.

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Grant funds

  • European Commission (EU) FP7 I.4 COOPERATION Nano-sciences, Nano-technlogies, Materials and new Production Technologies 7.Rahmenprogramm für Forschung European Commission - Framework Programme European Commission Call identifier FP7-2010-NMP-ICT-FoF Application number CP 260043

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Non-metallic Materials: 50%
  • Sustainable Production and Technologies: 20%
  • Materials Characterization: 10%
  • Modeling and Simulation: 20%

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DeutschEnglisch
Generative FertigungAdditive Manufacturing Technologies
Photopolymerephotopolymers

Externe Partner_innen

  • Institut für Angewandte Synthesechemie
  • Institut für Managementwissenschaften

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