Conference Program

Monday, March 18
Tuesday, March 19
Wednesday, March 20

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019

TRACK A

Additive Manufacturing I

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

UV Curable Elastomer Development for High Performance Dynamic Applications
Kyle Baldwin, MacDermid
Photopolymerization of Thiol-yne Polymers for Use in Additive Manufacturing
Darryl Boyd, US Naval Research Lab
Characterizing 3D printing voxel-voxel interactions in real time
Callie Higgins, NIST
Formulating for UV Cure in Additive Manufacturing
Jo Ann Arceneaux, allnex USA, Inc.
3D printing 100 times faster with light — Concurrent Photoinitiation and Photoinhibition for Ultra-rapid, Continuous Additive Manufacturing
Timothy Scott, University of Michigan

TRACK B

UV Solutions for Horticulture

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Validating use of UVC LED for enhancement of leafy green safety and spoilage avoidance
TTatiana Koutchma, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Why Romaine Lettuce is so susceptible to E. Coli contamination and UVC means to control it
Keith Warriner, University of Guelph
Use of UV LED as a supplement during growth for higher yield and better quality
Yan Ren-Butcher, Illumitex
Opportunities for Application of UVB and UVC Devices in Cannabis Grow Facilities
Tim Leach, HyGriene IEQ

TRACK C

Data-Driven Materials

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Accelerating Material Development with Artificial Intelligence
Will Tashman, Uncountable
Alkyl Tin Keggin Clusters as EUV Photoresist Technology
Rebecca Stern, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Break + Exhibits

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

TRACK A

Additive Manufacturing II

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Advancements in Formulating for Additive Manufacturing
Neil Cramer, Colorado Photopolymer Solutions
Light-Enabled Materials for Regenerative Engineering
Ali Khademhosseini, UCLA
Advanced Prototyping and Direct Manufacturing
Maximilian Zieringer, Formlabs
Driving Additive Manufacturing Towards Production of End-Use Parts
Ellen Lee, Ford Motor Company

TRACK B

UV for Food & Beverage Safety

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Use of UV Treatment as an Alternative to Thermal Treatment in the Food Industry
Neil Cikurel, RND Arastirma Gelistirme Tasarim
Reductions of Listeria monocytogenes on cold-smoked and raw salmon fillets by UV-C and pulsed UV light
Askild L. Holck, Nofima
Opportunities for UVC equipment for Air Treatment in Food Processing Facilities
Jim Beavers HyGriene IEQ
Market Overview of UV Disinfection Technologies for Food Safety Applications
Molly McManus, Aquisense Technologies

TRACK C

Emerging Technologies

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Production Redefined: Carbon's Novel Digital Light Synthesis Platform for Manufacturing Next Generation of High-Performance Polymeric Products
Jason Rolland, Carbon, Inc.

Digital Manufacturing to enable automation, speed to market and mass customization thereby revolutionizing footwear manufacturing
Avin Dhoble, Voxel8, Inc.
Integrated Digital Deposition System with both inkjet and aerosol deposition of functional inks using integrated multi curing UV LED, NiR and Photonic curing solutions for thin-film coating, fine conductive lines and high resolution patterns in 2D or 3D
Tim Luong, CERADROP, a MGI Group company

UV Cured Thin Films of Novel Fluorine-containing Polymers Exhibit Remarkable Hardness and Dramatically Increased Modulus.
Kelly Bonetti, SUNY Albany

Lunch + Exhibits

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

TRACK A

Additive Manufacturing III

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

The Third Age of Fashion
Julia Daviy, 3D-printed clothing designer, founder 3D Printed Fashion Lab
Advances in Impact Modification of Photocured (Meth)acrylic Systems
Manjuli Gupta, Sartomer
Accelerating Open Additive Production through Partnership
Stephanie Benight, Origin
Using Additive Manufacturing for Advanced and Agile Development
Charlie Wood, Fast Radius

TRACK B

UV LED

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Evaluation of Approaches for Formulation of UV LED
Paul Snowwhite, 7D Innovators
Photoinitiator Choices with 365 nm UV LED Cure Formulations
Jo Ann Arceneaux, allnex USA, Inc.
When it comes to UV LED, most overlook the Big Ideas…
Jennifer Heathcote
Opportunities for New Applications with the Advancements in Technology of Short Wavelength UV LEDs
Mike Kay, Excelitas Technologies Corp.

TRACK C

RadLaunch Presentations

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Pylux™: How to Use UV Curable Resins for Functional Display-Grade Products
Radu Reit, Ares Materials
New opportunities for high resolution 3D printing with UV photoresists
Andrea Bubendorfer, MicroMaker3D
On-Demand Curing of Thick Sealing and Gasketing for Automotive Assembly
John Moore, Daetec, LLC
UV + EB Sensitive Fluorinated Sulfur containing Polymers for Coating and Patterning Processes
Kelly Bonetti, Michael T. Murphy, John T. Welch SUNY Albany
Towards greener buildings: Transforming Canadian wood through Electron beam technology
Juliette Triquet, CRIF - Laval University
Building an Open Material Partner Network to Power Innovation in Materials
Stephanie Benight, Origin

Reception + Exhibits

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

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UV Curable Elastomer Development for High Performance Dynamic Applications

Kyle Baldwin, MacDermid

While many UV curable polymers exist for demanding applications requiring a balance of strength, curing capability and appropriate viscosity ranges, such polymers do not perform as well in situations requiring high elastic response. Print environments, for example, often require a very soft elastomer with rapid elastic response time, high resilience and tensile strength properties, all while being cured appropriately in thicknesses as high as ¼”. Combining these properties into the world of 3D printing is a complex challenge given the demands of viscosity and cure speed that exist today. This presentation will introduce some of the concepts and challenges we work with in developing polymers for dynamic printing environments, and how these polymers may ultimately be applied to the 3D Printing world in the future.

Photopolymerization of Thiol-yne Polymers for Use in Additive Manufacturing

Darryl Boyd, US Naval Research Lab

Thiol-yne chemistry is a branch of the thiol ‘click’/coupling family of reactions that has grown in popularity amongst polymer researchers in recent years. Major advantages of polymers made using thiol-yne chemistry include that they can be made via photopolymerization, tend to have high refractive indices, can have high glass transition temperatures, and the thiol-yne polymerization process is generally not inhibited by oxygen. Despite these valuable and advantageous qualities, modifying thiol-yne chemistry to be compatible with Additive Manufacturing technology has been a challenge. We present our nascent efforts to print thiol-yne polymers using Additive Manufacturing, including luminescent thiol-yne polymers containing quantum dots.

Characterizing 3D printing voxel-voxel interactions in real time

Callie Higgins, NIST

Layered fabrication techniques harnessed by additive manufacturing (AM) such as stereolithography introduce microscale anisotropic heterogeneities in chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties such that the performance of parts depends strongly and often unpredictably on printing conditions. Specifically, the interactions between voxels during printing govern the final part properties, but standard characterization techniques are unable to adequately capture this dynamic environment. Sample-coupled-resonance photorheology (SCRPR) is a new atomic force microscopy technique developed to study this dynamic environment that captures fast, voxel-scale rheological and mechanical property changes in three dimensional (3D) printing resin throughout polymerization. Here, we present the first demonstration of the ability to image the 3D mechanical and rheological properties formed between adjacent AM voxels in the native printing environment with unprecedented temporal and spatial resolution using SCRPR. Our findings indicate that the in situ mechanical properties vary significantly as a function of voxel separation distance and highlight the importance of optimized resin formulation for a given illumination intensity and desired final part.

Formulating for UV Cure in Additive Manufacturing

Jo Ann Arceneaux, allnex USA, Inc.
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has evolved from use in prototyping to use in manufacturing finished parts. The performance properties for finished parts are very different from those for prototypes. Thermoplastic type properties are desired, with ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) and PP (polypropylene) type properties the most popular. Very flexible formulations are also advantageous. This paper will evaluate the properties of various oligomers and monomers. The properties of 3D printed formulations based on these materials will then be determined and compared to ABS and PP.

3D printing 100 times faster with light — Concurrent Photoinitiation and Photoinhibition for Ultra-rapid, Continuous Additive Manufacturing

Timothy Scott, University of Michigan

We have developed an SLA system that can print continuously at relatively high linear velocities in addition to printing three-dimensional structures using a single exposure. Here, a build head is drawn upwards out of a photopolymerizable resin and illuminated from below through a transparent glass window by two light sources tuned to different wavelengths. Whereas patterned illumination at one wavelength initiates photopolymerization, illumination at a second wavelength inhibits this polymerization reaction immediately adjacent to the glass window such that a layer of liquid resin eliminates the potential for the part to adhere to the glass, obviating the laborious separation and recoating steps that curtail printing rates for conventional SLA approaches, thereby enabling rapid and continuous operation. Moreover, the inhibition volumes created here enable localized control of the polymerized region thickness to effect single-exposure, far-side topographical patterning.

Validating use of UVC LED for enhancement of leafy green safety and spoilage avoidance

Tatiana Koutchma, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Fresh produce is among top risk foods that caused numerous food-borne outbreaks that resulted in lost revenue and thousands of hospitalizations. Current post-harvest practices of washing and sanitizing using chlorine prove ineffective at reducing contamination with a greater likelihood of disseminating pathogens than removing them.

It has been shown that UVC exposure has potential to increase microbiological safety of fresh produce and reducing instances of cross-contamination. Among advantages of UV disinfection is the lack of by-products (e.g. chloramines); and the non-thermal, non-ionizing, non-chemical organic nature of light, which reduces the risk of changing the sensory and nutritional properties of produce. It is however, limited in its efficacy by shading caused by irregular surfaces and its inability to penetrate below the surface of most materials. Multiple wavelengths nature of UV LEDs and their other advantages has been explored for pathogens and spoilage organisms inactivation in the model saline solution and on the surface of apples and romaine lettuce.

Germicidal efficacies of a low pressure mercury (LPM) lamp at 253.7 nm and UV LEDs in 257 – 365 nm range were compared against pathogenic Escherichia coli, Listeria, and Salmonella. UVC LEDs emitting at 259 and 268 nm were the most effective in pathogen inactivation in model solution. Combining 259 and 289 nm LEDs wavelengths at an equivalent UV dose had a synergistic effect on reduction of E. coli and Listeria, yielding a 1.2 and 0.6 log higher effect, respectively, than the expected additive effect. 277 nm UV-LEDs custom unit was tested for pathogens and spoilage organisms inactivation inoculated on the surface of fresh produce. UV-LEDs were more effective against L. monocytogenes on apple skin, however, LPM lamps were more effective against E. coli on lettuce leaves. Therefore, the most effective treatment relies somewhat on the medium being treated as well as the organisms being targeted. Also, the efficacy of LEDs for treatments in the refrigerated environment will be discussed along with UV dose effects on quality parameters and shelf-life extension.

Why Romaine Lettuce is so susceptible to E. Coli contamination and UVC means to control it

Keith Warriner, University of Guelph

Within a 12-month period, there were three outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection linked to contaminated romaine lettuce with over 200 cases being reported between the US and Canada. The outbreaks were all linked to contaminated irrigation water with the pathogen was recovered from river sediments. The underlying reasons for leafy greens being susceptible to contamination by E. coli O157:H7 remains largely unknown although is partly attributed to growing regions (California and Arizona) and large volumes of irrigation water required for cultivation. The preferential growth of E. coli O157:H7 on damage lettuce tissue is an additional factor. The open nature of farming makes control of contamination at the farm level challenge although UV treatment of irrigation water is a potential intervention. UV can also find utility by reducing the microbial counts and chlorine demand in post-harvest wash tanks. In more recent work, an alternative to post-harvest washing has been devised based in using a combination of UV, ozone and hydrogen peroxide through an Advanced Oxidative Process (AOP). Through laboratory based studies it has been demonstrated that an optimized AOP treatment can support a 5 log cfu reduction of E. coli O157:H7 on the surface and cut edges. The AOP process has been commercialized and offers an additional tool for enhancing the food safety of leafy greens.

Use of UV LED as a supplement during growth for higher yield and better quality

Yan Ren-Butcher, Illumitex

This session will review published scientific reports of the effects of UVA and UVB radiations on plant growth and development, quality improvement and disease controls. The possibility of introducing UV spectra to increase THC and other cannabinoids, as well as is becoming widely talked about amongst cannabis growers. From our research collaborations with growers, we found that UVA light increased yield and reduced Powdery Mildew infection by 100%. Beyond cannabis, the effect of UV radiation has been studied on several other crops including red-leaf lettuce, tomatoes, basil, wheat, and rice. The observations have shown both positive and negative results regarding crop quality and yield. This presentation will also provide some suggestion on how to apply UV light to your plants.

Opportunities for Application of UVB and UVC Devices in Cannabis Grow Facilities

Tim Leach, HyGriene IEQ

It is well understood that microorganisms such as mold and bacteria can infect and in many cases decimate agricultural crops. These microorganisms cause more crop loss than all other biotic stresses combined. Cannabis crops are also highly susceptible to damage caused by microorganisms, the two most problematic species being Botrytis cinerea or “Gray Mold” and Sphaerotheca macularis or “Powdery Mildew”. Chemical biocides such as DeMethlation Inhibitors (DMI) and Sterolbiosynthesis Inhibiting (SI) have been commonly used to combat these microbes. Combining these facts with the movement from toxic chemical pest control to more environmentally friendly and sustainable methods accord manufacturers of UV germicidal devices significant opportunities. This presentation will share data and explore systemic opportunities for the application of UVC and UVB devices in cannabis grow facilities. Applications presented and discussed will include grow rooms, facility ventilation systems, drying and storage rooms.

Accelerating Material Development with Artificial Intelligence

Will Tashman, Uncountable

Uncountable is a machine learning company that helps R&D teams reduce the cost of development by increasing the speed of innovation. We build custom machine learning models that understand ingredient interactions within a formulation space, and how those interactions impact critical performance properties. These models are used to suggest new formulations for testing, enabling a substantial acceleration in the development process over traditional DOE methods. Uncountable's customers include large polymer, coating, foam, adhesive and rubber manufacturers, like Cooper Standard. Working with Uncountable, R&D teams have seen a 2-3x decrease in the number of experiments and time that it takes to develop new formulations that meet their end-customer's requirements. This presentation will detail how Uncountable's technology differs from traditional DOEs, and adapts to the difficulties that scientists face when trying to develop innovative new chemistries.

Alkyl Tin Keggin Clusters as EUV Photoresist Technology

Rebecca Stern, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

With integrated circuit manufactures reaching sub-10nm feature sizes, EUV lithography is the next developing technology for the job. The challenges with using polymer-based photoresists and EUV lithography can be eliminated by using oxohydroxo metal nanoparticle photoresists instead. Oxohydroxo metal clusters have the potential to provide faster writing speeds, higher resolutions, and better etch resistance than chemically amplified polymer resists. The Persson Group at UC Berkeley, in collaboration with Oregon State University and the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry (CSMC), is conducting research on the stability of organotin Keggin clusters for use as sensitive high-resolution photolithographic resists. The tin clusters we were able to synthesize and computationally model, crystallized readily without counterions which increases the simplicity of the synthesis as well as improves the yield, purity, and reproducibility. Its neutral charge makes it a valuable model system for understanding the fundamental patterning mechanisms at play. This presentation will also touch on how the Materials Project, an open-source international materials database, can provide chemists a high-throughput method to determine some properties for polymers to design new oligomers, monomers, and photoinitiators.

Advancements in Formulating for Additive Manufacturing

Neil Cramer, Colorado Photopolymer Solutions

3D printing/additive manufacturing continues to be one of the fastest growing and exciting technologies in the UV curing market. UV Curable (SLA and DLP) printing is considered the high-end technology choice for additive manufacturing because of its high resolution, strength in the Z-axis, and the ability to customize resins among other positive features. This presentation will focus on development of novel formulations to achieve improved attributes required for the next generation of additive manufacturing materials. Through innovative formulation strategy advancements in printed materials properties such as strength and toughness are achieved. Different chemistries are also utilized to improved cure speed and dimensional stability as well as other unique properties.

Light-Enabled Materials for Regenerative Engineering

Ali Khademhosseini, UCLA

Stimuli-responsive biomaterials, particularly those activated with light have enabled emerging micro- and nanoscale technologies as powerful tools for controlling the interactions between cells and their surroundings for biological studies, tissue engineering, and cell-based screening. Among these biomaterials, photocrosslinkable hydrogels have increasingly been used in various tissue engineering applications since they provide cells with a hydrated 3D microenvironment that mimics the native extracellular matrix. In our lab, we have developed various (UV and visible) light-mediated approaches to merge microscale techniques with hydrogel biomaterials for directing stem cell differentiation and generating complex 3D tissues. In this talk, I will outline our work in controlling the cell-microenvironment interactions by using light-activated patterned hydrogels to direct the differentiation of stem cells. In addition, I will describe the fabrication and use of photocrosslinkable microscale hydrogels for tissue engineering by using `bottom-up' and `top-down' approaches. Top-down approaches for fabricating complex engineered tissues involve the use of miniaturization techniques to control cell-cell interactions or to recreate biomimetic microvascular networks within mesoscale hydrogels. Our group has also pioneered bottom-up approaches to generate tissues by the assembly of light-mediated shape-controlled cell-laden microgels (i.e. tissue building blocks), that resemble functional tissue units. In this approach, microgels were fabricated via photocrosslinking and seeded with different cell types and induced to self assemble and generate 3D tissue structures with controlled microarchitecture and cell-cell interactions.

Advanced Prototyping and Direct Manufacturing

Maximilian Zieringer, Formlabs

Over the past years, 3D printing has become increasingly popular for rapid prototyping. Stereolithography has demonstrated its full potential as a powerful tool to take away on designs quickly and generate looks-like, feels-like parts. More recently, based on advances in 3D printers and material properties, stereolithography demonstrated its capabilities in direct manufacturing of end use parts. In manufacturing, 3D printing unlocks new design opportunities that cannot be achieved with traditional manufacturing techniques, allows for shorter product cycles, and has the potential to decrease warehouse and shipping costs. Formlabs has developed a variety of valuable solutions to address the demand in directly manufacturing dental products, footwear, and consumer goods. This presentation will cover some of these examples as well as a general overview of current trends, future directions and challenges in material development for stereolithography.

Driving Additive Manufacturing Towards Production of End-Use Parts

Ellen Lee, Ford Motor Company

This presentation will cover an overview of the use of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry both over the past 30 years and future trends. Automotive industry needs differ significantly from those of aerospace, medical, and consumer industries in terms of performance and durability, as well as cycle time and annual volumes. Material developments and new additive manufacturing processes focus on bridging these gaps. Current case studies that highlight functional applications will be discussed.

Use of UV Treatment as an Alternative to Thermal Treatment in the Food Industry

Neil Cikurel, RND Arastirma Gelistirme Tasarim

The increasing regulatory pressures and compliance issues are a major challenge for Turkey’s processed food manufacturers; hence, motivating processed food manufacturers to search and implement innovative methods to meet the compliance requirements. In this presentation, four different UV treatment applications that RND Ltd. was involved to help food manufacturers overcome these challenges will be discussed. Our first project was the use of UV treatment technologies (surface, water, and HVAC) to help with the sanitation process of a traditional Meze (“Tapas”) producing facility. In the second project, RND Ltd. developed a surface treatment equipment to improve the quality and shelf life of yogurt with cream top, and to examine the effects of the UV treatment on mold growth. We have also developed a system combining IR and UV-C in the production of meat filled pastas (i.e., “Mantı”, “Ravioli”, Maultaschen”) to improve shelf life and nutritional aspects of meat filled pastas. Lastly, RND Ltd. designed and developed a UV process for the inactivation of germination capabilities and reduction of microbial load of poppy seeds for exportation. As a result of our projects, we have found that UV technologies are a better alternative compared to thermal treatment due to its improved food safety, taste, nutritional aspects of the food, and extended shelf life.

Reductions of Listeria monocytogenes on cold-smoked and raw salmon fillets by UV-C and pulsed UV light

Askild L. Holck, Nofima

Salmon is the food most frequently reported in the RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) database in conjunction with Listeria monocytogenes, and consumption of cold-smoked salmon has led to severe outbreaks of listeriosis infections. UV-C and pulsed UV light were investigated for their ability to reduce L. monocytogenes on salmon. Cold-smoked and raw salmon were spiked with a mix of ten L. monocytogenes strains and subsequently exposed to UV-C light (0.0075 - 0.6 J/cm2) or high intensity pulsed UV light (1.3 – 10.8 J/cm2). Reductions of L. monocytogenes on smoked salmon were 0.7 - 1.3 log, depending on the fluence. Corresponding reductions for raw salmon muscle side and skin side were 0.2-0.9 log and 0.4 -1.1 log, respectively. No sensory changes were detected in UV-C treated (0.05 J/cm2) smoked salmon. Due to the lack of critical control points in salmon production, it is not possible to ensure that products are consistently free from L. monocytogenes in the absence of mitigation strategies. UV treatments should be considered important tools for the industry to contribute to lower prevalence and levels of Listeria. This will contribute to enhanced food safety, reduction of costly recalls and longer shelf-life.

Opportunities for UVC equipment for Air Treatment in Food Processing Facilities

Jim Beavers HyGriene IEQ

A growing body of research has shown that a building’s HVAC system can become a reservoir of problematic microorganisms containing mold and bacteria which can significantly impact the hygiene of a building’s indoor environment. Many facility managers underestimate the problems resulting from microbial biofilms. Biofilms cause HVAC systems to become less efficient, consume more energy and negatively impact a facility’s indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Poor IEQ can impact product quality, as well as, employees’ health and productivity. This presentation will share industry data and explore systemic solutions utilizing UV to reduce the impact of HVAC biofilms on a building’s IEQ.

Market Overview of UV Disinfection Technologies for Food Safety Applications

Molly McManus, Aquisense Technologies

Foodborne illness is a serious public health problem around the globe. Foodborne illness is an infection or irritation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract caused by food or beverages that contain harmful bacteria, parasites, viruses, or chemicals. Researchers have identified more than 250 foodborne diseases. CDC estimates that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that foodborne illnesses cost more than $15.6 billion each year.

UV technologies have been used for food manufacturing applications for more than 50 years. UV-C is very effective at inactivating foodborne pathogens such as Salmonella, Listeria, and E coli. In addition to improving food safety, UV technologies also play a key role in extending the shelf life of many food and beverage products. Within the food production chain, UV technologies are used for the treatment of air, water, surfaces, and packaging. The introduction of new innovations such as UV-C LED based systems is expected to accelerate the adoption of UV technologies for food protection.

This paper will examine key applications where UV technologies are currently being evaluated and implemented for food protection applications. Key suppliers and sub-applications will be briefly reviewed along with any appropriate certification or compliance requirements. The examination will also include a brief review of newer UV-C LED technologies that will lead to additional innovative solutions for the prevention of foodborne illness.

Production Redefined: Carbon's Novel Digital Light Synthesis Platform for Manufacturing Next Generation of High-Performance Polymeric Products

Jason Rolland, Carbon, Inc.

This presentation will provide an overview of Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) platform. We will discuss how DLS provides the key elements - speed, materials, and software - to enable true digital manufacturing at scale. Carbon’s dual-cure materials platform enables a broad portfolio of high performance resins for a variety of production applications. By combining light-curable chemistry with thermally-curable chemistry, high resolution parts with outstanding mechanical and thermal performance are now possible. Finally, we will present a variety of production applications enabled by DLS across a range of industries including footwear, protective cushioning, automotive, consumer products, dental, and medical.

Digital Manufacturing to enable automation, speed to market and mass customization thereby revolutionizing footwear manufacturing

Avin Dhoble, Voxel8, Inc.

Voxel8 has developed a digital manufacturing core technology platform with an immediate focus on Athletic Footwear Uppers. The footwear industry has a relatively antiquated supply chain. In recent years, the industry has been aggressively moving to establish an automated digital supply chain to address the issues with current processes and reduce time to market. Voxel8’s ActiveMix® and ActiveImage® technologies enable digital printing with elastomers and on-the-fly zonal tuning of the material properties with embedded high-resolution full color images. These enable footwear brands to manufacture uppers with customization of both mechanics and aesthetics, while eliminating the need for tooling and labor.

Integrated Digital Deposition System with both inkjet and aerosol deposition of functional inks using integrated multi curing UV LED, NiR and Photonic curing solutions for thin-film coating, fine conductive lines and high resolution patterns in 2D or 3D

Tim Luong, CERADROP, a MGI Group company

This talk will focus on solutions for requirements of digital jetting precision functional materials and processing using aerosol stream or small drops of 1pL volume up to 80pL volume from single or multiples 16 nozzles low cost disposable inkjet cartridges to multiples 2,048 nozzles count scaled for industrial piezo ink jetting throughput. Additionally, we have fully integrated multi in-line major third parties pre and post processing solutions such as inspection, sintering and curing solutions.

UV Cured Thin Films of Novel Fluorine-containing Polymers Exhibit Remarkable Hardness and Dramatically Increased Modulus.

Kelly Bonetti, SUNY Albany

Hard, photochemically cured coatings may find utility protecting sensor windows, optical fibers, composite material surfaces, electronic devices and other surfaces where scratch resistance, chemical stability and hydrophobicity may be important. Our visible light catalyzed polymerization produces photoreactive polymers containing hypervalent fluorinated sulfur in the backbone. Post UV exposure, thin polymer films have hardness and modulus values that perform beyond what is expected for most polymer films. Young’s modulus of 145 nm thick cured films exceeded 44 GPa, greater than even plasma deposited organosilcones. Measured hardnesses, up to 1.57 GPa, were nearly ten times higher than similar PMMA films. These novel, photosensitive polymers are easily deposited and readily prepared in larger quantities.

The Third Age of Fashion

Julia Daviy, 3D-printed clothing designer, founder 3D Printed Fashion Lab

Coming Soon.

Advances in Impact Modification of Photocured (Meth)acrylic Systems

Manjuli Gupta, Sartomer

Photocurable (meth)acrylic resins are important materials in additive manufacturing and are the subject of significant research and material innovation to bring improvements to the physical properties of final printed parts. Historically (meth)acrylic systems create rigid parts with strong mechanical properties including high modulus and strength, however this tends to equate to brittle, non-impact resistant materials. Incorporation of toughening agents used in thermoplastic applications has been tried with acrylate systems, unfortunately with limited success. Recent developments in impact modification utilizing novel chemistry have resulted in cured materials demonstrating elevated mechanical properties. Additionally, these new materials feature increased dispersion quality, stability and mechanical properties against traditional impact modifiers in (meth)acrylic systems.

Accelerating Open Additive Production through Partnership

Stephanie Benight, Origin

Coming Soon.

Using Additive Manufacturing for Advanced and Agile Development

Charlie Wood, Fast Radius

Coming soon.

Evaluation of Approaches for Formulation of UV LED

Paul Snowwhite, 7D Innovators

LEDs for UV curing are currently available 4 wavelengths – 365, 385, 395 and 405 nm. With all of the LED’s being in the UVA range and monochromatic this creates challenges to the UV formulator to overcome surface cure and achieve desired physical properties. The presentation will review novel formulation and curing approaches to solve surface curing issues and explore interactions with the various wave lengths.

Photoinitiator Choices with 365 nm UV LED Cure Formulations

Jo Ann Arceneaux, allnex USA, Inc.

Coming soon.

When it comes to UV LED, most overlook the Big Ideas…

Jennifer Heathcote

In order to increase the rate of technology adoption and gain market share over competitors, companies mistakenly market anecdotal concepts as universal facts with the expectation that targeted users will simply accept what is promoted and blindly invest in the technology. Unfortunately, the unintended consequences of this approach are that a true understanding of the technology’s potential is inhibited by the noise of disconnected and otherwise meaningless, misleading, and confusing facts and the powerful Big Ideas that ultimately drive wide scale adoption fail to properly register within the industry. At their core, Big Ideas provide strategic frameworks that activate thought, foster challenges, push boundaries, and spearhead testing of inferences that ultimately help users validate Big Ideas for their own unique set of application conditions. This paper will identify Big Ideas for UV LED curing and provide insight into how these Big Ideas should be employed to drive faster and more successful application development, adoption, and market penetration over the coming years.

Opportunities for New Applications with the Advancements in Technology of Short Wavelength UV LEDs

Mike Kay, Excelitas Technologies Corp.

Hard, photochemically cured coatings may find utility protecting sensor windows, optical fibers, composite material surfaces, electronic devices and other surfaces where scratch resistance, chemical stability and hydrophobicity may be important. Our visible light catalyzed polymerization produces photoreactive polymers containing hypervalent fluorinated sulfur in the backbone. Post UV exposure, thin polymer films have hardness and modulus values that perform beyond what is expected for most polymer films. Young’s modulus of 145 nm thick cured films exceeded 44 GPa, greater than even plasma deposited organosilcones. Measured hardnesses, up to 1.57 GPa, were nearly ten times higher than similar PMMA films. These novel, photosensitive polymers are easily deposited and readily prepared in larger quantities.

Pylux™: How to Use UV Curable Resins for Functional Display-Grade Products

Radu Reit, Ares Materials

Ares Materials has developed Pylux™, a novel family of polysulfide thermosetting materials for applications in the manufacturing of flexible and foldable displays. The films, formed from solvent-free UV-curable systems, exhibit excellent optical properties such as high visible light transmission, low haze, low yellowness and industry leading optical isotropy. In this talk, we'll explore the benefits of Pylux™-brand films in these dynamic optoelectronic applications and cover display applications where UV-curable thermosets outperform traditional extruded and mechanically-oriented thermoplastics.

New opportunities for high resolution 3D printing with UV photoresists

Andrea Bubendorfer, MicroMaker3D

3D printing has changed the way we make things. In particular, 3D printing the very small is increasingly being recognised as a high value application, enabling rapid prototyping of miniature devices that consume less resources and use less power, for microsensors, wearable technology, IoT devices, micro-robotics, aerospace applications and more. Some of the most popular 3D printing methods are based on photopolymers, resins that polymerise following activation by UV. We have taken 3D printing to the next level in miniaturisation by the use of permanent microfabrication photoresists: specialised chemically amplified resins which are polymerised by photoacid generation. UV patternable photoresists underpin the semiconductor and MEMS industry. They can achieve extreme resolutions of 2 µm, as well as elastic and flexible structures with overhangs, membranes and moving parts, the active components of microsensors. Drawing from their name, these resists can also withstand the harshest environments. We present MicroMaker, a new, affordable tool to 3D print tiny structures using UV based photoresists.

On-Demand Curing of Thick Sealing and Gasketing for Automotive Assembly

John Moore, Daetec, LLC

Protective encapsulant and sealing materials that cure upon delivery are desired for high volume automotive assembly. Unlike many coatings created for electronics, these materials are milimeters thick and exhibit desirable elastomeric properties to withstand decades of stress. While the Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) stress test qualification for integrated circuits (AEC Q100, 1994) may set material temperature resistance at 150°C, targets of 200°C or 250°C are desirable. The ideal polymer exhibits low permeability, effectively creating a barrier to moisture, chemicals, and gases that may emanate anywhere on the chassis. While conventional Buna® and Viton® rubbers represent a major share of gasketing to protect electronic packages, their design and manufacturing infrastructure cannot meet the pace of prototyping. Polymer compositing with reactive diluents now makes it possible to use CAD fed delivery tools that cure on-contact. Such robotic operated equipment delivers by variable syringe head design on vertical, overhead, or irregular surface contours. Sealant forms that once took months with costly quantity orders, now take seconds in the lab and on the assembly floor. Daetec has created a technology that meets these rapid assembly requirements with properties that exceed the current AEC targets. A complete process will be presented with state of the art LED fiber optic curing on the substrate. Data and application results using comparative specimens will be presented.

UV + EB Sensitive Fluorinated Sulfur containing Polymers for Coating and Patterning Processes

Kelly Bonetti, Michael T. Murphy, John T. Welch SUNY Albany

The visible light-catalyzed polymerization of a novel monomer system produces photoreactive polymers containing hypervalent fluorinated sulfur in the backbone. The UV + EB sensitive, thermally robust, fluorinated sulfur-containing polymers are useful in lithographic applications and may find utility in the preparation of optical devices, electronic displays or in other material applications. We have broadly assessed the sensitivity of the polymer to EB or UV irradiation. The energy dependent response of the polymer was useful for patterning of nanoscale features. Alternatively, radiative curing yields thin films that exhibit remarkable hardness with dramatically increased modulus and may find utility protecting sensor windows, optical fibers, composite material surfaces, electronic devices where scratch resistance, chemical stability and hydrophobicity may be important.

Towards greener buildings: Transforming Canadian wood through Electron beam technology

Juliette Triquet, CRIF - Laval University

As people are getting concerned about issues dealing with the environment, the concept of green buildings has become popular and is getting more attention. Choosing materials that reduce carbon footprint of a construction is one of the strategies towards more environmentally-friendly buildings. For this reason, wood is a material of choice as it is carbon negative, has a remarkable strength to weight ratio and is from renewable resources. As a product of nature, wood also comes with limitations that restrain its use for technical reasons. Limitations, such as hardness and impact resistance, can be overcome with technological development of wood polymer composites just as polymer impregnated wood. Understanding how polymer properties are impacting densified wood performances and carefully choosing monomers is fundamental to develop efficient materials. With very high energetic output, deep penetration in opaque materials and initiation of instantaneous reactions, the electron beam technology is a key to help us make better wood products for greener buildings.

Building an Open Material Partner Network to Power Innovation in Materials

Stephanie Benight, Origin

Building an open material partner network to power innovation in materials for end use and made through additive mass production. Origin's production system uses programmable photopolymerization (P3) to turn materials into isotropic parts and products ready for end-use.