Figure 3.

NIR-continuous sintering of JSB40G has an optimal sintering distance of 1 to 2 cm (blue), in order to achieve the lowest average surface roughness (Ra), with slightly higher results compared with conventional oven sintering (red). (A) In contrast to oven sintering, NIR sintering of JS-B40G results in the formation of a big coffee ring about two to five times the regular layer thickness. (B) Every datapoint consists out of three corresponding samples with every sample measured on two locations with the profilometer (line measurement), the error bars represent the standard deviation.