Photocentric pushing the limits of large-format 3D printing

3D printer, photopolymer, and production parts manufacturer, Photocentric will be exhibiting at North America's largest and most influential Additive Manufacturing event, RAPID + TCT, offering manufacturers and end users affordable, scalable, and industrial 3D printing technologies.

Large-format expertise
BASF ForwardAM and Photocentric have been working in close collaboration with a Tier 1 automotive manufacturer to optimize the DfAM and printing of very large parts. Together, they eliminated warping and benefited from the multiple advantages that 3D printing brings such as no expensive tooling, integration of multiple parts into single parts, flexibility in the supply chain and speed to market. One of the biggest benefits was the freedom to switch between Injection Molding and Additive Manufacturing according to the stage of the product life cycle.

Photocentric parts on demand will be featuring a propriety door panel manufactured in the largest and most accurate LCD-based 3D printer in the world, LC Titan. This specialist part showcases the intricacies of lattice design, incredible textured surface finish and the triumph of tool-free iterative processes for a massive build volume of 27.6 x 15.6 x 47.2”. LC Titan is currently running production parts and will be available for purchase in Q4 2023.

The Photocentric 3D printing ecosystem
On display at booth #1715, there will be the reliable Photocentric workhorse LC Magna and opensource LC Opus 3D printers, both tried and tested for multiple applications as the print exhibits in dental, model making, automotive, medical, and engineering industries will show. Complementing the printers, there’ll be UV and daylight durable, flexible, and rigid resins alongside the co-developed BASF Forward AM Ultracur3D EPD Daylight product line.

In 2002 Photocentric commercialized a patent for a pre-packaging photopolymer to enable stamp making in small flexographic printing plates. Since then, they have been at the cutting edge of innovation in resins. In 2015, a patent for 3D printing using daylight polymers and LCD screens followed. Nowadays, Photocentric is running production parts on demand and, having control over the complete ecosystem, allows optimization of every aspect of the additive process; from resin formulation to printer settings to part properties to product finish.

“We experience the results first-hand; we gain immediate feedback from our printed parts and adjust any part of the printing process accordingly. This is extremely advantageous for our customers and a rare position to be in” says Paul Holt, founder of Photocentric. “Our vision is to create automated 3D printing systems and transform the future of mass manufacturing.”