In embodiments, a method for additive manufacturing of a metal-incorporated resin object comprises illuminating a curable composition comprising prepolymers, a metal compound, a photoredox catalyst, a polymerization initiator, and optionally, a redox agent, with light having a first wavelength, wherein the metal of the metal compound is characterized by an initial oxidation state, and the illumination induces polymerization reactions between prepolymers to form a first cured region and induces redox reactions to change the initial oxidation state of the metal in the first cured region. The method further comprises inducing polymerization reactions between prepolymers to form a second cured region different from the first cured region without inducing redox reactions in the second cured region. Also provided are the curable compositions, the additive manufacturing systems for carrying out the methods, and the metal-incorporated resin objects.

The disclosure relates to a method for forming a metal article by additive manufacturing and related apparatus for performing the method. A metal particle suspension including a UV-curable polymeric resin liquid medium, and metal particles distributed throughout the liquid medium is deposited and cured by spatially selective exposure to UV radiation in a layer-by-layer process. Metal particle size can be selected in combination with the applied layer thickness to ensure complete cure throughout the applied layer while providing a high print speed and high spatial resolution. Intermittent or periodic partial curing of an applied layer can be used to maintain a homogeneous distribution of metal particles in the applied layer prior to full curing. The final product is achieved after sintering, which removes the cured binder in a debinding step and also provides the desired final article at close to the full density.

A composite material includes a plurality of metallic particles formed through modulation-assisted machining. The composite includes a thermoplastic polymer matrix which binds the plurality of metallic particles.

The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a 3D item (100) by means of fused deposition modelling (FDM), the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a shell component (5) comprising a thermoplastic 3D printable shell material having a shell melting temperature (Tms) and/or a shell glass transition temperature (Tgs); b) providing a core component (2) comprising a plurality of thermally conductive wires (3) and a flexible mantle (4) enclosing the plurality of thermally conductive wires (3); c) feeding the shell component (5) into a nozzle (6) of a 3D printer, the nozzle (6) having a nozzle temperature (Tn) being equal to or greater than the shell melting temperature (Tms) and/or the shell glass transition temperature (Tgs); d) a layer-wise depositing of the 3D printable shell material and the core component (2) to provide the 3D item (100) comprising a core-shell layer (100) of 3D printed material, wherein the 3D printed material comprises a core (102) comprising the core component, and shell (105) comprising 3D printed shell material, wherein the shell (105) at least partly encloses the core (102).

A formed article producing method, includes a first step of shaping a shaping body by ejecting a shaping material including a thermoplastic resin and of forming a first formed article by cutting the shaping body with a first rotating tool; a second step of generating recycling material by cutting the first formed article with a second rotating tool; and a third step of forming a second formed article by ejecting the recycling material that was plasticized, wherein in the second step, the first formed article is cut under at least one condition of a condition that a moving speed of the second rotating tool is faster than a moving speed of the first rotating tool in the first step or a condition that a rotating speed of the second rotating tool is slower than a rotating speed of the first rotating tool in the first step.

A shaping device for producing a layered body by repeatedly performing a step of forming a powder layer and a step of fixing powder in at least a partial region of the powder layer includes a first liquid application unit configured to apply a first liquid including a binder for binding the powder, a second liquid application unit configured to apply a second liquid for suppressing a flow of the first liquid, and a control unit that controls the first liquid application unit and the second liquid application unit so that where the powder in a first region of the formed powder layer is to be fixed, the first liquid is applied to the first region and the second liquid is applied to a second region adjacent to the first region. The second liquid is a liquid having higher permeability to the powder layer than the first liquid.