In a study titled “Additive Manufacturing of Transparent Glass Structures”, five MIT researchers have detailed the digital fabrication process of transparent glass at industrial scale using the G3DP2 3D-printer, which is a step up on the first-gen G3DP machine that was unveiled by the MIT a few years ago.
As part of the first phase of glass printer development, the device was used to provide “proof of concept that demonstrated the feasibility of creating optically transparent objects through the deposition of molten glass”.
In the second phase, the researchers focused on developing “an industrial-scale platform, and established a new set of objectives that guided system design, development, and production of parts”.
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