A Novel Low-Cost Stereolithography Process Based on Vector Scanning and Mask Projection for High-Accuracy, High-Speed, High-Throughput, and Large-Area Fabrication

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Chi ^a   Ye, Hang ^a   Zhang, Feng ^a  

^a Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University at Buffalo State University of New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; additive manufacturing; mask image projection; rasterization; slicing; stereo lithography

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; FABRICATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MANUFACTURE; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; RASTERIZATION; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE DEFECTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VECTORS;

3-D PRINTING; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; GRAY-SCALE IMAGES; LIMITED RESOLUTION; MASK IMAGE PROJECTIONS; PROJECTION DEVICES; SLICING; SURFACE FINISHING;

SCANNING;

EID: 84928566721     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4028848     Document Type: Article

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