The 3D SLA printer (a laser scanning resin curing type printer). The 3D printer has incredible precision and resolution sufficient for almost any engineering applications.

The 3D printer uses any of the FormLabs materials. The materials range from high-strength engineering plastics, to bio-compatible silicone rubbers, to high-temperature ceramics.

A semi or fully-automated scanning process can be used to measure the variability and statistics of a manufactured component, and compare those measurements combined with a master design file and run Monte Carlo simulation(s) to generate valuable quality control monitoring and analysis.

There are a number of methods to determine the material make-up of a component or part of a component. Depending on the material and the analysis required, there are a wide range of analysis techniques to determine a material’s composition. XRF is used to determine atomic compositions, which is used to determine metal alloy or compound atomic compositions. For plastics and organic compounds a variety of techniques are imposed, including NMR, FTIR, and other spectrographic and chemical testing techniques.