Stereolithographic Additive Manufacturing of Semicrystalline Thermoplastics

该项目旨在通过将多色辐射方案与可光聚合、开环单体树脂配方相结合，促进热塑性聚合物和复合材料的高通量立体平版添加剂制造的发展。该项目所产生的基本科学理解、工程专业知识和随之而来的技术进步有望使添加剂制造从单个独特产品的快速原型制造过渡到坚固耐用的可再加工塑料部件的大批量生产。通过消除传统制造的巨额资本支出，这种发达的技术应该会为重振澳大利亚制造业提供一条途径。

This project aims to advance the development of high-throughput stereolithographic additive manufacturing of thermoplastic polymers and composites by employing a multi-colour irradiation schemes in conjunction with photopolymerisable, ring-opening monomer resin formulations. The fundamental scientific understanding, engineering expertise, and concomitant technology advances generated by this project are anticipated to enable additive manufacturing to transition from the rapid prototyping of individual, unique items to the high volume production of robust, reprocessable plastic parts. By obviating the large capital expense of conventional fabrication, this developed technology should provide a path to reinvigorate Australian manufacturing.