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Volumetric 3D Printing: A Frontier Technology Emerging from MakerLabs

January 30, 2026 by admin

Volumetric 3D printer creating a glowing complex object inside a resin vat

Recent developments at the MakerLab at Binghamton University highlight the growing interest in volumetric 3D printing, a cutting-edge additive manufacturing technique that promises to revolutionize how complex objects are fabricated. Unlike traditional layer-by-layer 3D printing methods, volumetric printing constructs entire three-dimensional objects simultaneously by projecting light patterns into a photosensitive resin, enabling rapid production speeds … Read more

Volumetric 3D Printing: Emerging Frontiers and Future Prospects

January 26, 2026 by

Volumetric 3D printing process creating a translucent object in a MakerLab environment

Recent developments in volumetric 3D printing have begun to attract attention beyond traditional additive manufacturing circles, as highlighted in a recent article from binghamton.edu discussing 3D printing in MakerLabs. Volumetric 3D printing, a technology that fabricates objects in a single step by curing entire volumes of resin simultaneously rather than layer-by-layer, is poised to disrupt … Read more

Volumetric 3D Printing Breakthrough: UC Berkeley and LLNL Advance Computed Axial Lithography

January 18, 2026 by

What Happened In early 2019, new details surfaced regarding a collaborative volumetric 3D printing technology developed by researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). This technology utilizes Computed Axial Lithography (CAL), a volumetric printing approach that promises to revolutionize the speed and complexity of 3D printed parts by curing entire volumes of … Read more