Mechanics of shape distortion of DLP 3D printed structures during UV post-curing.

Digital light processing (DLP) three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has advantages of fast printing speed and high printing precision. It can print objects with small and complex geometrical features and has been widely used in jewelry manufacturing and dentistry. In DLP printing, it is common to use post-treatment with UV light irradiation to improve the final mechanical properties. However, it was found that the UV post-curing process can lead to shape distortion and thus reduction of dimension accuracy. In this paper, we combined photopolymerization reaction kinetics and Euler-Bernoulli beam theory to study UV post-curing induced shape distortion of thin structures prepared by DLP 3D printing. Experiments were conducted to characterize the evolution of mechanical behavior of printed samples during the post-printing process, which was correlated to printing parameters (printing time of single-layer, height of single-layer and printing UV intensity), post-curing UV light intensity and the thickness of the strip. Moreover, post-curing induced distortion was used for the fabrication of 3D structures.

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