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Need help with post-processing your 3D-printed parts? Or do you want information about the mechanical properties we describe? In this support category we help you with all of those questions.

processing instructions for Liqcreate Premium Flex 3D-printing resin

From the beginning of SLA and DLP 3D-printing, rigid resins were the main available materials. Rigid resins are easy to print and do not need a great amount of skill and knowledge about the printing process. With new developments in resin technology, flexible, tough and high elongation resins are widespread available. With the development of Premium [...]
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Post-curing of biocompatible 3d-printing resin

Post-processing is an essential part of resin 3D-printing to reach the final photopolymer properties. Printed parts need to be cleaned, (bench)dried and post-cured. The washing and drying steps are explained at the support article ‘how to post process SLA, DLP & LCD printed objects’. Advice on post-curing settings can be found in this link. In [...]
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3D-printing with Biocompatible resin on the Shining3D Accufab

Biocompatible 3D-printing resins are available for a wide range of printers. Liqcreate resins are optimized for over 80 different SLA, MSLA, DLP and LCD based printers. For these printers it is important that they are open for 3rd party resins and operate with LED's in the range of 385-420nm. Learn more about printing with biocompatible [...]
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processing instructions for Liqcreate Flexible-X resin

From the beginning of SLA and DLP 3D-printing, rigid resins were the main available materials. Rigid resins are easy to print and do not need a great amount of skill and knowledge about the printing process. With new developments in resin technology, flexible, tough and high elongation resins are widespread available. With the development of Premium [...]
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How to process Elastomer 3D-printing resin?

From the beginning of SLA and DLP 3D-printing, rigid resins were the main available materials. Rigid resins are easy to print and do not need a great amount of skill and knowledge about the printing process. With new developments in resin technology, flexible, tough and high elongation resins are widespread available. With the release of [...]
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3D-printing materials explained: Flexible resins

Recent advancement in resin development made it possible to 3D-print flexible resins. Before flexible materials or TPU (Thermoplastic polyurethanes) were only available for FDM and laser sinter printers. With the availability of flexible or elastic 3D-printing resins, the SLA, DLP and MSLA 3D-printers can also process this class of materials. Earlier we published an article [...]
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Working with Liqcreate Wax Castable 3D-printing resin for Dental applications

Liqcreate Wax Castable is a blue wax-based photopolymer with reliable processability and accuracy on LCD/MSLA, DLP and laser based 3D-printers. 3D-printed parts from this material captures intricate features and show crisp details. This wax-based material offers smooth surfaces with clean burnout for a reliable casting process. Create custom made elegant organic geometries with positive and [...]
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UV aging of 3D-printing resin tested by Eindhoven University

Researchers and students at the University of Applied Science investigated the UV aging and UV stability of 3D-printed Liqcreate resins. The aim of this research was determining the effect of UV light on Liqcreate resins in the long-term. The analysed resins in this research were the Tough-X, Flexible-X and Strong-X resins. The resins were aged [...]
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How to get a clear surface finish on 3D-printed parts?

Clear and transparent 3D prints are ideal for creating clear prototype parts, showing internal cavities and details. Applications like LED housings, prototyping lens parts and microfluidic devices are a few examples of application 3D-printed with clear resin. Learn how propmaker Campman Animatronics used Clear Impact to 3D-print a transparant transverse flute for the Dutch Queens [...]
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Linear shrinkage of 3D-printing resins

In the field of resin 3D-printing there are two mainstream resin technologies. One based on acrylates and the other one based on epoxides. In large scale SLA 3D-printers like from UnionTech, 3DSystems, Raplas, RPS,  EnvisionTEC and others, epoxy resins are the standard. These materials cure by a mechanism of ring-opening-polymerization which limits the shrinkage which [...]
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