Microscale 3D Printing of a Spaceship
This video shows a realtime recording of the 3D micro printing process by two-photon polymerization. We start with the CAD model of a Hellcat spaceship from Wing Commander Saga and use our 3D printer Photonic Professional GT to print a polymer model on the microscale. The final structure is then inspected with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Overall printing time was less than 50 seconds for the ship with dimensions 125ยตm x 81ยตm x 26.8ยตm (l x w x h). The length of the spaceship is approximately equal to the diameter of a human hair.















