Embedded 3D Printing of Thermally-Cured Thermoset Elastomers and the Interdependence of Rheology and Machine Pathing.

ABSTRACT: Thermoset elastomers are widely used high-performance materials due to their thermal stability, chemical resistance, and mechanical properties. However, established casting and molding techniques limit the overall 3D complexity of parts that can be fabricated. Advanced manufacturing methods such as 3D printing have improved design flexibility and reduced development time but have proved challenging using thermally-cured thermosets due to their viscosity, slow gelation kinetics and high surface tension. To address this, freeform reversible embedding (FRE) 3D printing extrudes thermosets such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer within a carbomer support bath, but due to the liquid-like state of the prepolymer during extrusion has been limited to hollow structures. Here, we have signific

SUBMITTER: Stang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9937427 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature