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ColorJet Printing
How It Works
Section view of the printing process
ColorJet Printing builds up the model from bottom to top, layer by layer. A roller puts a thin layer of powder on a platform and a print head places tiny drops of glue at specific locations, printing a thin layer of your model. The platform lowers and the roller spreads another layer of powder. The coloring is done by combining 4 different pre-colored types of glue to match the color requested. After the printing process, the model is brittle but is strengthened by putting it into superglue. A UV coating is sprayed on it to prevent decoloration by sunlight.
Materials
Multicolor
- The only material that offers full color models at a good price
- Surface has a sandy, granular look
- Allows a lot of freedom in design
- Mostly used for non-functional items
Trivia
Did you know that?
- The technology was first developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1993 as ZPrinting.
- In 1995 Z Corporation obtained an exclusive license for the technology and at the same time trademarked the term “Three-Dimensional Printing” (3DP™).
- Materialise has been using this technology since 2007.
