14 DAY TRIAL // 3D printers work by depositing extruder filaments on a surface in accord with a virtual model, but the new method from Phidias Technologies, or rather Pordways, looks more like pottery.
No hands and spinning platforms are involved, but the MOVINGLight technology does essentially bring out shapes from a uniform mold.
It's all because of a combination of UVA LED (ultraviolet LED) and a moving Digital Light Processor head (DLP head).
Basically, the DLP is moved over a large build area but allows individual images to be small, as well as more focused and precise than if, say, the projector covered the whole platform and didn't move.
It's also more precise than filament-based printing, or so the story goes.
You'll understand better if you just watch the video I embedded above. The UVA LEDs just increase the speed of the polymerization reaction so the layer can be built fast.