What is a FlexVAT?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 1:50 pm
Hi guys!
Totally new here, but I've been tasked with creating a 3d printer for an internship I'm currently a part of, and this forum has been really helpful so far. So far I'm definitely going with a DLP printer that projects from the bottom. I've learned so far that there are a few options for the resin vat: (1) carbon3d's expensive oxygen-permeable window, (2) using borosilicate glass coated with an anti-sticking coat that will need to be replaced often and (3) a FlexVAT. I've seen this term used all over the forum, and am not sure I completely understand what it is - I've seen though that it uses an FEP film. So since it's a film it can 'flex'? And the advantage is that it's easier to replace this film than it is to create a new layer of anti-sticking sylgard?
Just wondering If I have the right idea and if there's anything more I should know.
THANKS!
Totally new here, but I've been tasked with creating a 3d printer for an internship I'm currently a part of, and this forum has been really helpful so far. So far I'm definitely going with a DLP printer that projects from the bottom. I've learned so far that there are a few options for the resin vat: (1) carbon3d's expensive oxygen-permeable window, (2) using borosilicate glass coated with an anti-sticking coat that will need to be replaced often and (3) a FlexVAT. I've seen this term used all over the forum, and am not sure I completely understand what it is - I've seen though that it uses an FEP film. So since it's a film it can 'flex'? And the advantage is that it's easier to replace this film than it is to create a new layer of anti-sticking sylgard?
Just wondering If I have the right idea and if there's anything more I should know.
THANKS!