The properties of an UV curable support material pre-polymer for three dimensional printing

Bing Huang; Jianhua Mo; Houcai Liu; Haitao Liu

doi:10.1007/s11595-010-2278-y

Journal of Wuhan University of Technology Materials Science Edition ›› 2010, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (2) : 278 -281. DOI: 10.1007/s11595-010-2278-y

Article

The properties of an UV curable support material pre-polymer for three dimensional printing

Author information +

History +

PDF

Abstract

An ultraviolet(UV) curable support material pre-polymer for three dimensional printing was prepared based on the synergistic effect between PEO-PPO-PEO tri-block copolymer( F127) and polyethylene glycol (400) di-acrylate(SR344). The effects of jetting conditions, thermal stability, curing time, mechanical properties and shrinking rate on printing models were studied. The situation of removing support material from build model was investigated after building progress was completed. The experimental result shows that when F127 is 6.0wt%, SR344 is 20.0wt%, 4-Methoxy phenol is 0.15wt% and Irgacure 2959 is 1.5wt%, the support material pre-polymer could be jetted out from the nozzles smoothly during building up of three dimensional printing models at 50–55 °C. In addition, the support material could be removed easily from building model without spoiling the model; furthermore, the forming precision of building model is improved.

Keywords

three dimensional printing / support material / synergistic effect / forming precision

Cite this article

Download citation ▾

Bing Huang, Jianhua Mo, Houcai Liu, Haitao Liu. The properties of an UV curable support material pre-polymer for three dimensional printing. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology Materials Science Edition, 2010, 25(2): 278-281 DOI:10.1007/s11595-010-2278-y

登录浏览全文

4963

注册一个新账户忘记密码

References

Publishing order | Descend order by publishing year | Descend order by cited within

[1]	Sachs E., Cima M., Williams P., . Three Dimensional Printing: Rapid Tooling and Prototypes Directly from a CAD Model[J]. Journal of Engineering for Industry, 1992, 114(4): 481-488.

[2]	Dimitrov D., Schreve K., de Beer N. Advances in Three Dimensional Printing-state of the Art and Future Perspectives[J]. Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2006, 12(3): 136-147.

[3]	Chen B. Q., Lin L. L., Lu Q., . Three Dimensional Printer System Design Ink-jet Printead[J]. Mechatronics, 2005, 4: 13-15.

[4]	E Napadensky, H Gothait, Z Lifshitz, et al. Compositions and Methods for Use in Three Dimensional Model Printing[P]. WO: 200168375, 2001

[5]	L Avraham, T Petach. Reverse Thermal Gels and the Use Thereof for Rapid Prototyping[P]. USA: 6863859, 2005

[6]	Sangermano M., Acosta Ortiz R., Puente Urbina B. A., . Synthesis of an Epoxy Functionalized Spiroorthocarbonate Used as Low Shrinkage Additive in Cationic UV Curing of an Epoxy Resin[J]. European Polymer Journal, 2008, 44(4): 1046-1052.

[7]	Almgren M., Brown W., Hvidt S. Self-aggregation and Phase Behavior of Poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solution[J]. Colloid Polym., Sci., 1995, 273: 2-15.

[8]	Pandit N. K., McIntyre H. J. Cosolvent Effects on the Gel Formation and Gel Melting Transitions of Pluronic® F127 Gels Pharm[J]. DeV. Technol., 1997, 2: 181-184.

[9]	de Cans B.J., Duinveld P.C., Schubert U.S. Inkjet Printing of Polymers, State of the Art and Future Developments[J]. Advanced Materials, 2004, 16(3): 203-213.

[10]	Johnsson M., Lam Y., Barauskas J., . Aqueous Phase Behavior and Dispersed Nanoparticles of Diglycerol Monooleate/Glycerol Dioleate Mixtures[J]. Langmuir, 2005, 21: 5159-5165.

[11]	Ivanova R., Lindman B., Alexandridis P. Evolution in Structural Polymorphism of Pluronic F127 Poly(ethylene oxide)-Poly(propylene oxide) Block Copolymer in Ternary Systems with Water and Pharmaceutically Acceptable Organic Solvents: From “Glycols”to “Oils”[J]. Langmuir, 2000, 16: 9058-9069.