Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has launched BMF Clear, a photopolymer resin that achieves light transmittance of over 90%. Designed for its 10 and 25 micron platforms, this material addresses the challenge of combining optical performance with dimensional precision at the micrometer scale. Surface roughness in small parts often causes light scattering, but BMF Clear prints with layer heights from 10 to 50 microns and is compatible with industrial systems and the new microArch S150 series.
Micrometer precision and advanced optical applications 🔬
The material is intended for microfluidic devices, fiber optic components, microlenses, and waveguides for sensors requiring real-time optical monitoring and low propagation loss. BMF Clear has passed biocompatibility tests for skin irritation, sensitization, and cytotoxicity, enabling its use in biomedical devices such as endoscopic systems, intraocular tools, and drug delivery systems. Transparency in 3D printed polymers has been a recurring challenge, and here it achieves over 90% transmittance.
When your printed part is clearer than your ideas 😎
With BMF Clear, you can finally manufacture microlenses that don't look like fogged-up glass after a hot shower. Of course, if you expected the transparency to also solve your vision problems, we're sorry: the material doesn't correct myopia. But at least your waveguides will no longer make light get lost like keys at the bottom of a bag. Ideal for those who want to see through their parts without needing to use the chiaroscuro mode of imagination.