Layer-by-layer production of molded articles

A method for manufacturing molded articles consisting of at least one molded article layer, comprising the steps:

• a) a layer carrier is made available for accommodating at least one molded article layer;
• b) a molded article layer is applied onto a printing plate, wherein the molded article layer is applied by a shaping tool onto the printing plate, wherein one or more plastically deformable masses are supplied through recesses of the shaping tool onto the printing plate in order to form the molded article layer;
• c) positioning the printing plate and the carrier layer relative to each other by executing a movement of the printing plate and/or the layer carrier and contacting the molded article layer on the printing plate to either the layer carrier or to an older molded article layer on the layer carrier;
• d) curing of the molded article layer so that it becomes an older molded article layer itself or forms a composite with such an older molded article layer on the layer carrier and transfer of the cured molded article layer(s) from the printing plate onto the layer carrier;
• e) making the printing plate available for accommodating other molded article layers and repetition of the steps b) to d),
• wherein a plurality of plastically deformable masses with different properties are applied through various recesses in the shaping tool onto the printing plate to form one of the molded article layers consisting of different materials,
• wherein the plastically deformable masses contain a powder of a base material as suspension, selected from the group consisting of:
• metals, steel alloys, hard metals, colored metals, noble metals, ceramic materials, metal-ceramic-composite materials, glass, plastics and/or plastic-composite materials with fiber reinforcement or metal particles or particles of ceramic materials.