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US 11,597,839 B2Granted
Methods for making an object and formulations for use in said methods
AssigneePhotoCentriC Limited
InventorPaul Holt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to formulations for use in 3-D printing using radiation from visual display screens. The formulations comprise titanocene photoinitators and co-initiators. The invention also relates to methods of forming 3-D objects using said formulations.
Claims12
A method for creating a 3-dimensional object, the method comprising forming more than two layers of a cured polymer by exposing a liquid photopolymer formulation to light emitted by a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen, wherein the liquid photopolymer formulation comprises:
- at least one monomeric and at least one oligomeric chemical species each comprising at least one carbon-carbon double bond that is polymerizable by free radical polymerization, said monomeric and oligomeric chemical species present in a total amount of from 25 to 99 wt %;
- at least one titanocene photoinitiator present in a total amount of from 0.1 to 2.5 wt %;
- at least one thiol co-initiator present in a total amount of from 0.5 to 5 wt %;
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- optionally at least one pigment or dye,
- wherein the at least one oligomeric chemical species comprises:
- 40 to 75 wt % aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer comprising three acrylate groups;
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- wherein the at least one monomeric chemical species comprises:
- 20 to 45 wt % other monomeric species comprising at least one carbon-carbon double bond that is polymerisable by free radical polymerization.
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