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Title: 3d printing of glass
Post by: Frank on January 20, 2015, 11:19:47 AM
Another involved in this emerging technology. http://www.glass-ts.com/news/leading-glass-specialist-becomes-3d-printing-pioneer

Hewlett Packard with examples https://gigaom.com/2014/09/26/hp-labs-is-working-on-a-glass-3d-printer/

Shapeways used to offer a service resulting in fused glass objects but seemingly not at present http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/401-you-can-now-3D-print-in-glass-with-Shapeways.html

Old paper http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/13552541111124761

Title: Re: 3d printing of glass
Post by: chopin-liszt on January 20, 2015, 01:15:31 PM
I saw a film reel of 3-D glass "printing" at an exhibition I went to in Krakow a couple of years ago.
The artists used the heat of the sun, concentrated by solar panels to print/fuse a glass sculpture out of the sand in the desert and filmed it.
Title: Re: 3d printing of glass
Post by: Frank on January 20, 2015, 03:09:50 PM
I think I posted that here some time ago.