A photopolymer or light-activated resin is a polymer that changes its properties when exposed to light, often in the ultraviolet or visible region of the...
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Letterpress printing (section Photopolymer plates)
create raised surface printing plates from a negative and a photopolymer plate. Photopolymer plates are light sensitive. On one side the surface is cured...
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surface of a vat filled with a liquid photopolymer. The beam is focused onto the surface of the liquid photopolymer, creating each layer of the desired...
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be carved from a potato or other semi-rigid food item. Furthermore, photopolymer stamps are gaining popularity. They are most often produced in a set...
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using photopolymer plates. After engraving, the photopolymer is exposed through the imaged black layer and washed out in the traditional photopolymer process...
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bonds in acrylates. Polymerization occurs when photopolymers are exposed to light when photopolymers contain chromophores, otherwise, the addition of...
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Stereolithography (SLA) → a laser-cured photopolymer for materials such as thermoplastic-like photopolymers. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) → a laser-sintered...
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of poly(phthalaldehyde)". Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology. 6 (4): 491. doi:10.2494/photopolymer.6.491. B. Zoecklein, K. Fugelsang, B....
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process can differ depending on whether solid sheets of photopolymer or liquid photopolymer are used, but the principle is still the same. The plate...
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Computer to plate (section Photopolymer plates)
Computer-to-plate (CTP) is an imaging technology used in modern printing processes. In this technology, an image created in a desktop publishing (DTP)...
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technique that can store information at high density inside crystals or photopolymers. The ability to store large amounts of information in some kind of medium...
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ultraviolet light is focused onto the surface of a vat filled with liquid photopolymer. The light beam, moving under computer control, draws each layer of the...
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radiation (UV or visible). Synthetic photoinitiators are key components in photopolymers (for example, photo-curable coatings, adhesives and dental restoratives)...
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substrate. There are two main types of printing plate materials: photopolymer and steel. Photopolymer plates are the most popular, as they are easy to use. These...
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it is also used in adhesives, sealants, alkyd coatings, elastomers, photopolymers, and inks for improved adhesion, hardness, abrasion and heat resistance...
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adhesives, photopolymer resins, custom printer ink cartridges, Gas pipe sealants, and soak off nail polishes. Chemence is a supplier of photopolymer and commercial...
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so-called voxel. Voxels are thus the smallest, single volumes of cured photopolymer. They represent the basic building blocks of 3D-printed objects. Other...
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density, high strain recovery, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Photopolymers or light activated polymers (LAP) are another type of SMP that are activated...
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bath and is gradually etched in baths which are increasingly acidic. Photopolymer plates, usually used for relief and letterpress printing, can be used...
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system spray photopolymer materials onto a build tray in ultra-thin layers (between 16 and 30 μm) until the part is completed. Each photopolymer layer is...
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Light is projected onto the plate as a negative image to expose it. Photopolymer plates are either washed in hot water or under other chemicals according...
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materials, depending on the needs of the printing method, usually Thermal, Photopolymer or Silver-Halogen (violet) plates are used. They usually have a processing...
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Wienheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a15_077 Nakamura, Kenichiro (2015). Photopolymers : photoresist materials, processes, and applications. Boca Raton, FL...
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Holographic data storage stores information optically inside crystals or photopolymers. Holographic storage can utilize the whole volume of the storage medium...
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translucent or opalescent diffusion. Recently, photopolymers have been used for making holographic diffusers. Photopolymers offer better performance than other materials...
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entire body panels of cars. Advances in 3D printing technology, using photopolymers that do not melt during the injection moulding of some lower-temperature...
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the film is taken to the plate maker, where the film is laid on top of photopolymer plate material. A vacuum is then drawn to ensure tight contact between...
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monomer, monomeric, octamer, oligomer, oligomeric, pentamer, pentamerous, photopolymer, phytomer, polymer, tautomerism, telomer, telomere, tetramer, tetrameric...
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Desktop Metal purchased EnvisionTEC, a German company that specializes in photopolymer printing. On March 15, Desktop Metal announced its new line Desktop Health...
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newspapers. Dry offset printing A printing process which uses a metal backed photopolymer relief plate, similar to a letterpress plate, but, unlike letterpress...
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