Rapid Prototyping Journal · 1997 · 131 citations · 6 references
EngineeringMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceCeramic MaterialsCeramicsMaterials ProcessingCeramic DesignCeramic MorphologyCeramic ProcessingCeramic ProductionCeramic TechnologyCeramic PowdersCeramic Production TechnologyDifferential CalorimetryFunctional Ceramic FabricationStereolithographySuspensions
Rapid prototyping of ceramics is accomplished with stereolithography by using an SLA machine to build the ceramic green from a UV‐curable suspension of ceramic powders ‐ a “ceramic resin”. Objects are later sintered in a separate furnace to complete the process. Aluminium oxide resins based on hexanediol diacrylate are characterized for curing behaviour by photo‐rheology and differential photo calorimetry with a UV lamp, and with an HeCd laser using “windowpanes”, single strings, and walls.
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