SLA 3D Printing

Basics

• SLA or Stereolithography is a form of 3D Printing that uses light curable resin and a controlled light source to make 3D objects
• It can acheive very high precision and resolution due to the light source used (typically a laser and optics setup or a DLP projector

Advantages

• Resolution
• Precision
• Diversity of Mechanical Properties Acheivable with Resin
• Diversity of Thermal Properties Acheivable with Resin
• Diversity of Optical Properties Acheivable with Resin

Disadvantages

• Complexity of Device
• Complexity of Input Materials/Consumables
• Complexity of Workflow
• Mess Generated by Workflow
• Enviroment Required
• Cost of Device
• Cost of Consumables/Input Materials

Internal Links

• SLA Resins
• Open Source SLA 3D Printer

Extarnal Links

• Wikipedia Page on Stereolithography
• A Good Page on the Various Methods of SLA Light Direction