Boston Micro Fabrication Talks Micro-Scale Printing Using Stereolithography

Additive manufacturing continues to evolve, though rather than getting bigger, this time it’s getting smaller, microscopic even. Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF), based as the name suggests in Massachusetts in the United States, is known for their high precision micro 3D printers that use a new type of stereolithography (SLA) that can print extremely accurate, tiny parts. They are part of a growing number of companies working on so-called micoscale 3D printing, though there has not yet been a consensus for the 3D printing technologies, others use DLP and material jetting. For BMF, they have created a process based on SLA, which allows a level of precision that establishes them a direct competitor to traditional manufacturing like injection molding, though with significantly lower costs and more detail. We spoke with John Kawola, the CEO of Boston Micro Fabrication, to learn more about the company and its unique technology.

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