09.06.2021 by Milena Riedl, Dr. Natalie Rudolph

Material Science in Additive Manufacturing: What are Thermosets?

Thermosets offers many opportunities for innovative composite manufacturing. Knowledge about the material science of thermosets is crucial as there are some challenges in producing 3D-printed parts at high rate and high quality. Learn more!

Thermosets are used in the Additive Manufacturing technologies such as Vat Photopolymerization and Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) as well as Material Jetting and Binder Jetting. While the material offers many opportunities for innovative composite manufacturing, thermosets are highly cross-linked and irreversibly cured, which can represent challenges in producing 3D-printed parts at high rate and high quality. Therefore, knowledge about material science is crucial.

This week’s topic: Material Science of Thermosets

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