VAM 3D resins for Volumetric Additive Manufacturing

Volumetric additive manufacturing material concepts, supporting rapid volumetric curing strategies depending on process, enabling fast part formation approaches, and advanced R&D platforms for next-generation printing routes.

Volumetric additive manufacturing platform

This collection groups the 3Dresyns® VAM material families for volumetric light-based part formation, spanning high-temperature, rigid, tough, foldable, flexible, elastic, hydrogel, glass-like, sacrificial and bio-based routes for advanced process development.

It also makes sense to read the VAM platform together with its fine tuners, because volumetric workflows are not only defined by the base resin family but also by resolution tuning, cure-speed adjustment and water-compatible tuning routes.

Key features & benefits

Volumetric additive manufacturing material concepts
Support for rapid volumetric curing strategies depending on process
Fast part formation approaches
Advanced R&D platforms for next-generation printing routes
Coverage from rigid and thermally resistant routes to soft, elastic, hydrogel and sacrificial systems
Fine tuner routes for improving resolution, dimensional control and cure speed in VAM workflows

Typical applications

Volumetric printing R&D
Fast prototyping concepts
Complex geometries where volumetric curing is beneficial
Research demonstrators
Advanced process development projects
Resolution tuning and cure-speed optimization for experimental VAM setups

Why choose this collection

Designed for volumetric curing logic

This collection is built around VAM workflows where parts are formed through volumetric light exposure rather than conventional layer-by-layer fabrication. That makes it especially relevant for advanced process development rather than standard printer workflows.

Broad mechanical and functional range

The portfolio spans high-temperature, ultra-hard & tough, tough & foldable, hard & flexible, elastic, hydrogel, sacrificial and glass-like systems, giving the collection a wider design space than a single-material VAM page.

Relevant for research-heavy VAM environments

The visible products and tuning routes make this collection especially useful for research demonstrators, process optimization, mechanically differentiated part concepts and exploratory volumetric manufacturing routes in engineering and biomedical contexts.

Fine tuners are part of the real workflow

In VAM, the base resin is only part of the process window. Resolution enhancers and photo-accelerant fine tuners can be decisive when the real objective is to improve cure speed, precision, dimensional accuracy or water-compatible process behaviour.

Products in this collection

3Dresyn VAM HDT1 Bio, Biocompatible high deflection temperature up to 290ºC resin printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM UHTD90 Bio, Biocompatible ultra hard & tough resin with Shore D90 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM UTFD80 Bio, Biocompatible ultra tough & foldable resin with Shore D80 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM UTFD70 Bio, Biocompatible ultra tough & foldable resin with Shore D70 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM TFD60 Bio, Biocompatible tough & foldable resin with Shore D60 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM HFA90 Bio, Biocompatible hard & flexible resin with Shore A90 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM HEA70 Bio, Biocompatible hard and elastic resin with Shore A70 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM FA60 Bio, Biocompatible flexible resin with Shore A60 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM SFA30 Bio, Biocompatible soft and flexible resin with Shore A30 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM EA20 Bio, Biocompatible elastic resin with Shore A20 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM SEA10 Bio, Biocompatible super elastic resin with Shore A10 printable by VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM Soya2 Bio, bio based soya 3D resin for VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM IM-UHT-WS, ultra tough and water soluble sacrificial resin for VAM 3D printers

3Dresyn VAM CG1 Clear Glass

3Dresyn VAM SSA1 is our Swellable Super Absorbent and Ultra Elastic Hydrogel resin for VAM 3D printers

Fine Tuner VAM LB3 Bio ULWA, biocompatible and bio-based hydrophobic resolution-er with ultra low water absorption for improving resolution of VAM resins

Fine Tuner VAM LB4 Bio ULWA, biocompatible and bio-based hydrophobic resolution-er with ultra low water absorption for improving resolution of VAM resins

Fine Tuner VAM FT4 Bio, hydrophobic ultra safe bio photo accelerant up to 500 nm for VAM resins

Fine Tuner VAM FT4 Bio HP, hydrophilic ultra safe bio photo accelerant up to 500 nm for VAM resins

Fine Tuner VAM FT5 Bio WS is a Water Soluble ultra safe natural plant based photo accelerant for water soluble VAM printing systems curing with UV & Visible light up to 500 nm

Technical overview

3Dresyn VAM*	Properties	Process role	Rigidity / hardness	Flexibility / elasticity	Bio-based / biocompatible	Special function
HDT1 Bio	High deflection temperature up to 290ºC	High-temperature volumetric fabrication	Very high	Low	Biocompatible	Thermal resistance
UHTD90 Bio	Ultra hard & tough, Shore D90	Rigid engineering VAM parts	Very high	Low	Biocompatible	Hard / tough balance
UTFD80 Bio	Ultra tough & foldable, Shore D80	Foldable tough volumetric parts	High	Medium	Biocompatible	Tough & foldable
UTFD70 Bio	Ultra tough & foldable, Shore D70	More compliant tough parts	Medium-high	Medium-high	Biocompatible	Tough & foldable
TFD60 Bio	Tough & foldable, Shore D60	Intermediate flexible VAM parts	Medium	Medium-high	Biocompatible	Foldable route
HFA90 Bio	Hard & flexible, Shore A90	Hard-flexible volumetric parts	Medium	High	Biocompatible	Hard-flexible balance
HEA70 Bio	Hard and elastic, Shore A70	Elastic engineering concepts	Medium	High	Biocompatible	Elastic route
FA60 Bio	Flexible, Shore A60	Flexible volumetric parts	Low-medium	High	Biocompatible	Flexible route
SFA30 Bio	Soft and flexible, Shore A30	Soft compliant parts	Low	Very high	Biocompatible	Soft route
EA20 Bio	Elastic, Shore A20	Highly elastic VAM parts	Low	Very high	Biocompatible	Elastic route
SEA10 Bio	Super elastic, Shore A10	Very soft elastic volumetric parts	Very low	Maximum	Biocompatible	Super elastic route
Soya2 Bio	Bio-based soya resin	Bio-based VAM development	Process dependent	Process dependent	Bio-based	Bio-based route
IM-UHT-WS	Ultra tough and water soluble sacrificial resin	Sacrificial / indirect processing	Medium-high	Low-medium	Not stated in title	Water soluble sacrificial
CG1 Clear Glass	Clear glass-like route	Transparent VAM concepts	High	Low	Not stated in title	Clear / glass-like
SSA1	Swellable super absorbent and ultra elastic hydrogel	Hydrogel and swelling-based VAM concepts	Very low	Very high	Not stated in title	Hydrogel / swellable
LB3 Bio ULWA	Hydrophobic resolution enhancer with ultra low water absorption	Formulation and resolution tuning	—	—	Biocompatible / bio-based	Resolution improvement
LB4 Bio ULWA	Hydrophobic resolution enhancer with ultra low water absorption, positioned for higher precision and dimensional accuracy in VAM printing	Advanced formulation and precision tuning	—	—	Biocompatible / bio-based	Resolution, precision and dimensional accuracy improvement
FT4 Bio	Hydrophobic ultra safe bio photo accelerant up to 500 nm	Cure-speed enhancement for hydrophobic VAM systems	—	—	Biocompatible	Photo-accelerant / hydrophobic tuning
FT4 Bio HP	Hydrophilic ultra safe bio photo accelerant up to 500 nm	Cure-speed enhancement for hydrophilic or higher-power compatible tuning logic	—	—	Biocompatible	Photo-accelerant / hydrophilic tuning
FT5 Bio WS	Water soluble natural plant-based photo accelerant for water-soluble VAM systems curing with UV and visible light up to 500 nm	Cure-speed enhancement for water-soluble VAM resins	—	—	Biocompatible / plant-based	Water-soluble photo-accelerant

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Portfolio overview

Rigid and thermal routes

HDT1 Bio, UHTD90 Bio and CG1 Clear Glass define the rigid and high-temperature side of the collection, supporting thermally stable, hard and glass-like volumetric fabrication concepts.

Tough, foldable and intermediate mechanical routes

UTFD80 Bio, UTFD70 Bio, TFD60 Bio and HFA90 Bio cover the transition from rigid to more compliant foldable or hard-flexible VAM systems.

Flexible, elastic and soft routes

HEA70 Bio, FA60 Bio, SFA30 Bio, EA20 Bio and SEA10 Bio extend the collection toward compliant, elastic and very soft volumetric fabrication routes.

Bio-based, sacrificial, hydrogel and tuning routes

Soya2 Bio, IM-UHT-WS, SSA1, LB3 Bio ULWA, LB4 Bio ULWA, FT4 Bio, FT4 Bio HP and FT5 Bio WS add bio-based, sacrificial, hydrogel, resolution-enhancement and cure-acceleration logic to the portfolio.

Workflow note

VAM material selection should be matched to the volumetric light engine, cure kinetics, optical penetration behavior and part geometry.

Final print stability, shape fidelity and material performance depend strongly on the specific VAM process architecture, resin tuning strategy and development workflow. In practice, this also means that fine tuners should be considered part of the process design when resolution, dimensional control or cure speed become limiting factors.

Technical and commercial support

Need help selecting the right VAM material?

This collection is designed to help users move between rigid, foldable, flexible, elastic, hydrogel, sacrificial and tuning routes for volumetric additive manufacturing.

Start with the material family that best matches your volumetric process and target part behavior, or use technical support if you need guidance.

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From prototyping to industrial production, performance depends on materials, calibration and process control