The Department of Physics and Astronomy invites you to a colloquium featuring Dr. John Tumbleston of Carbon3D. Dr. Tumbleston will present his talk, “Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) of 3D Objects”, Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 4:10 p.m. in Webster B16.
Meet for refreshments before the lecture at 3:45 – 4:10 p.m. in the foyer on floor G above the lecture hall.
Abstract: Recently, the core technology of Silicon Valley start-up, Carbon3D, was unveiled in a simultaneous presentation at TED1 and publication in Science2. This additive manufacturing technology, known as CLIP, allows for complex, functional 3D objects to be fabricated in a continual process. Advantages to a continual process are three-fold: i) Parts can be fabricated 25 to 100 times faster than with conventional 3D printers, ii) monolithic parts are produced with internal uniformity and integrity, and iii) the comparatively gentle nature of the process lends itself to producing both delicate structures and parts with unconventional materials. This presentation will detail specifics of CLIP, such as the relationships between critical process-control parameters, along with opportunities for fundamental research and new applications.
1 https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_25x_faster
2 Continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects, Science 347, 1349-1352 (2015)
