Post-processing Resin Prints

Once a part is printed, the cleaning and finishing processes begin...


Washing

Dunk Buckets

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Resin Washing Machines

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Compressed Air

Blowing any resin or solvent from within the tiny crevices of a printed part, is a great way to ensure the highest quality finished product.  This also means wearing an apron or smock to cover the body and a face shield to keep splattered resin off our faces.

Air Brushes <10PSI

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Air Compressor <100PSI

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Heated Drying Chambers

This is not truly necessary and doesn't have to be complicated.  Our goal is to warm the printed, cleaned, and forced air dried part enough to dry any remaining solvent that might be hidden somewhere.  Letting a printed, cleaned, and forced air dried part just sit to dry thoroughly overnight is a perfectly reasonable option, heat just makes it FASTER.

Home Made hot boxes

In the summertime, I have draped a black trash bag over a chair to cover my parts left on the seat.  When the chair was left outside in the sun for a few hours everything underneath came out plenty dry and warm.

The PTC controller/sensor, 100W 12v heating element, and fan are the same parts used in the Resin Chamber Heater:

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Heated washing or curing machines

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Curing

Parts that have been printed, washed, and dried are still not up to their final material properties such as: strength, toughness, elasticity, etc.  Parts must be thoroughly cured by using the same Ultraviolet light that was used to create them, except now we are "soaking" them over a longer duration.

UV Lights

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Curing Machines

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Revision #4
Created 18 August 2023 00:03:20 by smokintbird
Updated 14 September 2023 19:40:09 by smokintbird