China Plastics ›› 2017, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (9): 91-96.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2017.09.014

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Effect of Layer Thickness,Support Angle and Post-processing on Properties of SLA Parts

  

  • Received:2017-03-27 Revised:2017-05-08 Online:2017-09-26 Published:2017-10-25

Abstract: This article reported an investigation on the accuracy and tensile property derived from the prototyping process and postprocessing technology for improvement of the accuracy and mechanical properties of SLA parts. VisiJet SL Black photosensitive resin was employed as a based material to prepare SLA parts.Effects of layer thickness and support angle on the size and surface accuracies of the parts were studied, and influence of postcuring time on their mechanical properties was evaluated.The results indicated that the parts achieved a higher size accuracy when the support angle was close to 45 °.A hump phenomenon was observed for the parts with a thick layer at a small support angle.Thicker layer resulted in a rougher surface for the parts The parts achieved a tensile strength around 9.33~22.84 MPa with a brittle fracture.When the postcuring time was set to 200 min, the parts obtained a best plasticity effect and thus gained the tensile strength of 20.24 MPa and elongation at break of 3.80 % as an optimum value However, the plasticity became poor for the parts at the postcuring time of 250 mins, although they achieved a maximum tensile strength of 22.84 MPa.