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AssigneeAzul 3D, Inc.
InventorsRichard Schmidt, James Hedrick, David Walker
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The present technology provides methods for varying physical properties in 3D printed products from a single resin composition, a single printing process, and a single curing process. An image stack used during the 3D printing process controls the position and intensity of light administered by a light source. The image stacks control an intensity of light to be used on different regions of the resin pool at different points in time to induce higher levels of polymerization in certain regions and lower levels of polymerization in other regions. Regions exposed to higher intensities of light will achieve a higher percent cure compared to regions exposed to lower intensities of light. The higher percent cure in a given region in a product will result in different physical properties after a post-print curing process when compared to a given region in the product with a lower percent cure.
A method of producing articles having varying physical properties from single resin formulations, comprising:
A method to control localized physical properties of a 3-dimensional printed article, comprising:
A method of producing articles having varying physical properties from single resin formulations, comprising:
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