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3D printing of transparent glass

Huson, David; Parraman, Carinna; Klein, Susanne; Simske, Steven; Walters, Peter; Adams, Guy; Hoskins, Stephen

Authors

David Huson David.Huson@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Ceramics, 3D Technologies and Digital Fabrication

Susanne Klein

Steven Simske

Guy Adams



Contributors

Paul Benning
Editor

Scott Silence
Editor

Steven Simske
Editor

Werner Zapka
Editor

Abstract

Peer reviewed conference paper given at Digital Fabrication 2012/NIP28, 28th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies, 3D Printing panel. Traditional assembly line manufacturing is speculative, costly and environmentally unsustainable. It is speculative because it commits substantial resources—energy, materials, shipping, handling, stocking and displaying—without a guaranteed sale. It is costly because each of these resources—material, process, people and place—involves expense not encountered when a product is manufactured at the time of sale. It is environmentally unsustainable because, no matter how much recycling is done, not using the resources unless actually needed is always a better path.
As part of the RAGNAROK (Research on Advancing Glass & Nonorganic Applications to Recreate Objects & Kinetics) project in HP Labs, we identified glass as a promising candidate for additive manufacturing based on 3-D printing methods. Glass is a silica-based material. With 90% of the earth’s crust composed of silicate minerals, there will be no shortage of silica resources. Glass is easy to recycle and is environmentally friendly. Glass is inexpensive but looks precious, is pleasant to the touch and is so familiar that customers will not be disappointed by its fragility—under certain conditions.
A major need, and concomitantly a major challenge, for 3D printed glass is transparency. We will discuss several methods how to achieve it.

Citation

Huson, D., Parraman, C., Klein, S., Simske, S., Walters, P., Adams, G., & Hoskins, S. (2012). 3D printing of transparent glass. In P. Benning, S. Silence, S. Simske, & W. Zapka (Eds.), NIP28/Digital Fabrication 2012 Technical Programme and Proceedings (336-337). Springfield, VA: IS&T: The Society for Imaging and Technology

Conference Name Digital Fabrication 2012/NIP28, 28th International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies
Conference Location Quebec, Canada
Start Date Sep 9, 2012
End Date Sep 13, 2012
Publication Date Jan 1, 2012
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 336-337
Book Title NIP28/Digital Fabrication 2012 Technical Programme and Proceedings
ISBN 9780892083022
Keywords rapid prototype, glass, nonorganic, 3D print, silica, recycle
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/953752
Publisher URL http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/nip/


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