Liquid based Additive Manufacturing

14MEPY0 - Additive Manufacturing

Liquid Based AM

• 3D Systems’ Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA)

• Cubital’s Solid Ground Curing (SGC)

• Sony’s Solid Creation System (SCS)

• CMET’s Solid Object Ultraviolet-Laser Printer (SOUP)

• Autostrade’s E-Darts

• Teijin Seiki’s Soliform System

• Meiko’s Rapid Prototyping System for the Jewelry Industry

Liquid Based AM ….
• Denken’s SLP

• Mitsui’s COLAMM

• Fockele & Schwarze’s LMS

• Light Sculpting

• Aaroflex

• Rapid Freeze

• Two Laser Beams

• Microfabrication
About SLA
• 3D Systems was founded in 1986 by inventor Charles W. Hull and entrepreneur
Raymond S. Freed.

• Amongst all the commercial RP systems, the Stereolithography Apparatus, or

SLA® as it is commonly called, is the pioneer with its first commercial system
marketed in 1988.

• It has been awarded more than 40 United States patents and 20 international
patents, with additional patents filed or pending internationally.

• 3D Systems Inc. is currently headquartered in 26801 Avenue Hall, Valencia, CA

91355, USA.
Principles of SLA
SLA Process Parameters
Important Process Parameters

• Layer thickness (Lt)

• Hatch spacing (Hs)

• Hatch overcure (Ho)

Stereolithography Process