Non-toxic flexible photopolymers for medical stereolithography technology
- Purpose – To describe the development of a novel polyether(meth)acrylate-based resin material class for stereolithography with alterable material characteristics. Design/methodology/approach – A complete overview of details to composition parameters, the optimization and bandwidth of mechanical and processing parameters is given. Initial biological characterization experiments and future application felds are depicted. Process parameters are studied in a commercial 3D systems Viper stereolithography system, and a new method to determine these parameters is described herein. Findings – Initial biological characterizations show the non-toxic behavior in a biological environment, caused mainly by the (meth)acrylate-based core components. These photolithographic resins combine an adjustable low Young’s modulus with the advantages of a non-toxic (meth)acrylate-based process material. In contrast to the mostly rigid process materials used today in the rapid prototyping industry, these polymeric formulations are able to fulfll the extended need for a soft engineering material. A short overview of sample applications is given. Practical implications – These polymeric formulations are able to meet the growing demand for a resin class for rapid manufacturing that covers a bandwidth from softer to stiffer materials. Originality/value – This paper gives an overview about the novel developed material class for stereolithography and should be therefore of high interest to people with interest in novel rapid manufacturing materials and technology.
Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
Author: | Arthur Bens, Hermann Seitz, Guenter Bermes, Moritz Emons, Andreas Pansky, Barbara Roitzheim, Edda Tobiasch, Carsten Tille |
Parent Title (English): | Rapid Prototyping Journal |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 38 |
Last Page: | 47 |
ISSN: | 1355-2546 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-4862 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1108/13552540710719208 |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg |
Date of first publication: | 2007/01/23 |
Copyright: | © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |
Keyword: | Mechanical properties of materials; Polymers; Resins |
Departments, institutes and facilities: | Fachbereich Angewandte Naturwissenschaften |
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Open access funding: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / Allianz- und Nationallizenzen: Diese Beiträge sind mit Zustimmung der Rechteinhaber aufgrund einer DFG-geförderten National- bzw. Allianzlizenz frei zugänglich. |
Entry in this database: | 2015/04/02 |
Licence (Multiple languages): | In Copyright (Urheberrechtsschutz) |