High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
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Materials characterization for stereolithography
Patricia Camaño & Paulo J. Bartolo
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRsp), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
ABSTRACT: Stereolithography is an additive technology that allows the fabrication of three-dimensional
macro and micro-parts for industrial and medical applications. By solidifying a liquid photo-sensitive monomer
with a laser or UV-light source a polymeric part is built up layer by layer. The use of highly reinforced polymeric
systems with metallic or ceramic particles also enables to transform this rapid prototyping technology into a
rapid manufacturing ...