Difference between revisions of "Mesoscale manufacturing technologies"

Revision as of 21:46, 28 September 2024

Experimental

Galvanic electroforming:
First crude experiment. FDM printed plastic was not tight enough.
https://x.com/AlaskaLawlor/status/1535681835102965760 (by Orion Lawlor)
UV resin printed plastic instead might work.
CG model of a mold:
https://x.com/AlaskaLawlor/status/1534375298036142080

Galvanic deposition of significant layer ticknesses (by Shaun Mulligan):
https://x.com/ProjectQuine/status/1554060533195833345
https://x.com/ProjectQuine

Companies

Microfabrica:
Some sort of galvanic electrofoming process for meso to microscale metal parts:
https://microfabrica.com/
https://twitter.com/microfabrica3D

Micromac – laser micromachining
https://3d-micromac.com/

Micro lasercutting machines (as used for the GIK (great invention kit) of MIT center of bits and atoms)
Mentined in the videos linked here: The three axes of the Center for Bits and Atoms