TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Flow-based Volumetric Additive Manufacturing System

Opportunity: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the Lawrence Livermore National Security (LLNS), LLC under contract no. DE-AC52-07NA27344 (Contract 44) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to enter into a collaboration to further develop and commercialize its Flow-based Volumetric Additive Manufacturing System. Background: Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM) is an emerging technology in near-instant 3D printing where the part is formed in free space without imposed stress. Currently, containers that hold the resin must be replaced between prints. This is manual and time-consuming, which precludes the method to scaling for high throughput applications. Description: LLNL researchers have developed an approach to incorporate flow (e