Ink set for stereolithography and method for manufacturing stereolithographic article using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021170669-A1
Application number	US-201716332618-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 22, 2016
Publication date	Jun 10, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

An ink set for stereolithography according to the present invention is an ink set for stereolithography to be used in ink-jet stereolithography, and the ink set for stereolithography includes a composition for a support material to be used to shape a support material and a composition for a model material to be used to shape a model material. When the composition for a support material is ejected onto a support material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a support material, a contact angle of the composition for a support material with respect to the support material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a support material hits the support material cured article is taken as a contact angle SS. When the composition for a model material is ejected onto a support material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a support material, a contact angle of the composition for a model material with respect to the support material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a model material hits the support material cured article is taken as a contact angle SM. The contact angle SS and the contact angle SM are 25 degrees or more and 35 degrees or less.

First claim

1 . An ink set for stereolithography to be used in ink-jet stereolithography, comprising:
a composition for a support material to be used to shape a support material; and a composition for a model material to be used to shape a model material, wherein when the composition for a support material is ejected onto a support material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a support material, a contact angle of the composition for a support material with respect to the support material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a support material hits the support material cured article is taken as a contact angle SS, when the composition for a model material is ejected onto a support material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a support material, a contact angle of the composition for a model material with respect to the support material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a model material hits the support material cured article is taken as a contact angle SM, and the contact angle SS and the contact angle SM are 25 degrees or more and 35 degrees or less.

2 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 1 ,
wherein a difference between the contact angle SS and the contact angle SM is 10 degrees or less.

3 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the composition for a support material is ejected onto a model material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a model material, a contact angle of the composition for a support material with respect to the model material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a support material hits the model material cured article is taken as a contact angle MS, when the composition for a model material is ejected onto a model material cured article, which is a cured article of the composition for a model material, a contact angle of the composition for a model material with respect to the model material cured article at 0.3 seconds after the composition for a model material hits the model material cured article is taken as a contact angle MM, and the contact angle MS and the contact angle MM are 35 degrees or more and 70 degrees or less.

4 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 3 ,
wherein a difference between the contact angle MS and the contact angle MM is 20 degrees or less.

5 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composition for a support material contains a water-soluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer, a water-soluble resin, and a photopolymerization initiator.

6 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 5 ,
wherein the water-soluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer includes a (meth)acrylamide derivative, the water-soluble resin has at least one group selected from the group consisting of an oxyethylene group, an oxypropylene group, and an oxytetramethylene group, and the photopolymerization initiator includes an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator.

7 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 1 ,
wherein the composition for a model material contains a monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer, a polyfunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.

8 . The ink set for stereolithography according to claim 7 ,
wherein the monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer includes at least one type of water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer, the water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer includes at least one type of water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer having a number-average molecular weight of 500 or more, and the photopolymerization initiator includes an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator.

9 . A method for manufacturing a stereolithographic article in which the ink set for stereolithography according to claim 1 is used, the method comprising:
forming a stereolithographic article precursor including support materials and model materials by repeating a step of irradiating the inks of the ink set for stereolithography ejected from an ink-jet printer with an energy beam; and
dissolving and removing the support materials by immersing the stereolithographic article precursor in water.

Assignees

• Maxell Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Ota Hiroshi
• Okushiro Keisuke

Classifications

• B33Y70/00

  Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B33Y10/00

  Processes of additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B29C64/40

  Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof · CPC title

• C08F120/58

  containing oxygen in addition to the carbonamido oxygen {, e.g. N-methylolacrylamide, N-acryloyl morpholine} · CPC title

• B29C64/112 Primary

  using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads · CPC title