Cailiao gongcheng (Dec 2019)

Photocuring kinetics properties of hybrid UV-curing resin for 3D printing

  • LIN Guang-hong,
  • YIN Jing-feng,
  • HUANG Hong,
  • HUANG Wei-bin,
  • CAI Mu-hua,
  • XIANG Hong-ping,
  • LIU Xiao-xuan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11868/j.issn.1001-4381.2018.000667
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 47, no. 12
pp. 143 – 150

Abstract

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Free radical-cationic hybrid UV-curable resin applied to UV-cured 3D printing was developed with epoxy resin (EPON828) and polyurethane acrylate (RJ429) as photosensitive prepolymers. The influences of types, ratios and dosages of free radical and cationic photoinitiators on photocuring kinetics, mechanical properties and prototyping precision of hybrid UV-curing resin were investigated. The results show that cationic photoinitiator Gencure 842 and free radical photoinitiator Doracur 1173 are the most appropriate hybrid photoinitiators, with an optimum mass ratio of 0.75:1 and mass fraction of 6%. The optimum mass ratio of EPON828 and RJ429 is determined as 1:1, and the viscosity of the developed resin is 50.5Pa·s. The tensile strength, impact strength, volume shrinkage and warpage of UV-cured resin items are 6.60MPa, 8.28kJ·m-2,-3.986% and 3.62%, respectively. The hybrid UV-curing resin can basically satisfy the requirements of UV-cured 3D printing.

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