Dorothea Helmer specializes in organic and inorganic chemistry and works at Glassomer. Along with Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bastian E. Rapp and Dr.-Ing. Frederik Kotz she co-founded the company. Glassomer is trying to solve one of the most difficult and elusive problems in 3D printing, 3D printing glass, and optically clear components.
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The path they have chosen is to use stereolithography resins to make fused silica glass. The firm has found methods to make glass through methods usually reserved for polymers. Glassomer’s work really blew me away and I was just as amazed that there wasn’t more press about this incredible technology. In a technologically-astounding manner, we can now create optical objects with standard desktop machines (and debinding and sintering equipment). The Glassomer Team (Image: Markus Breig/KIT.) What is Glassomer? The Glassomer GmbH is a start-up situated in Freiburg, Germany. Glassomer invented and patented a technology […]
Case Study: How PepsiCo achieved 96% cost savings on tooling with 3D Printing Technology
Above: PepsiCo food, snack, and beverage product line-up/Source: PepsiCo PepsiCo turned to tooling with 3D printing...
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