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Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing

Material Jetting

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Material jetting forms solid structures from liquid material. Similar to traditional inkjet printing, material jetting builds objects by depositing droplets onto a surface via back and forth, horizontal motion. Material is deposited either via continuous or drop-on-demand (DOD) deposition. The material is then cured with ultraviolet light to form a solid structure. The technique has applications from industrial parts to pharmaceuticals. 

Learn more about our material jetting efforts below. If you would like guidance on additive manufacturing (AM) efforts or a chance to use our resources, explore our various research opportunities and/or contact us.

a drop-on-demand dispenser fed by a reservoir of standard solution
A drop-on-demand (DOD) dispenser generates droplets from a standard solution, which can be built up layer-by-layer.
Credit: NIST

NIST AM publishes research about material jetting for additive manufacturing. View some of our publications here.

Manufacturing, Additive manufacturing, Materials, Metrology and Standards

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MML Additive Manufacturing Program Coordinator

Created November 20, 2024, Updated December 11, 2024