Boston-Micro-Fabrication Resources

Micro-precision 3D printing can help manufacturers affordably create very small, highly detailed products and components.

There’s a place for nano 3D printing in research applications, but micro 3D printing is more practical for parts like small electrical connectors, cardiovascular stents, microfluidic devices, and micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS).

Additive Manufacturing has been around for 30 years — used in prototyping and now moving into production, but the biggest value of AM comes from prototyping and production of parts that are difficult to manufacture using other more traditional methods.

In this paper, we will compare laser-based SLA, Digital Light Processing (DLP) and Projection Micro Stereolithography (PμSL) and how each compare with the below factors.

PμSL technology is ideal for electronics, medical devices, microfluidics, filtration, and microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS).

A method called Projection Micro Stereolithography (PµSL) is emerging as a new technology to produce parts at a length scale suited to (micro) prototypes, patterns, tools, jigs/fixtures, and end-use parts.