IP Library Granted Patent US 11,111,401
Granted Patent B2
US 11,111,401 · App. 15/759,796 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Light curing molding ink set, and method for manufacturing light cured article

Inventors: Katsuyuki Kitou (Osaka, JP); Taeko Izumo (Osaka, JP); Masakatsu Okawa (Nagano, JP); Kenta Hongo (Nagano, JP)
Assignees: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.; MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
C09D11/101B29C64/112B29C64/40B29C67/00B33Y10/00B33Y70/00B41M5/00C09D11/107C09D11/30C09D11/322B29K2033/08B29K2071/02B29K2071/12
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Patent No.
US 11,111,401
App. No.
15/759,796
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a light curing molding ink set used for a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising a combination of a resin composition for a modeling material used for shaping the modeling material and a resin composition for a supporting material used for shaping the supporting material, wherein surface tension Mt (mN/m) of the resin composition for a modeling material is greater than surface tension St (mN/m) of the resin composition for a supporting material, and the surface tension Mt and the surface tension St satisfy the [0<Mt −St<5] expression, and this light curing molding ink set can afford a light cured article having the good dimensional accuracy.

Claims (20)

1. A light curing molding ink set used for a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising a combination of a resin composition for a modeling material used for shaping the modeling material and a resin composition for a supporting material used for shaping the supporting material,

wherein surface tension Mt (mN/m) of the resin composition for a modeling material is greater than surface tension St (mN/m) of the resin composition for a supporting material, and the surface tension Mt and the surface tension St satisfy the following (i) expression:

0< Mt−St< 5  (i).

2. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the surface tension Mt is 26.0 to 33.3 mN/m.

3. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the resin composition for a modeling material contains a water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (A), a di- or more-functional polyfunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (B), a photopolymerization initiator (C), and a surface adjusting agent (D).

4. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 3 , wherein a content of the water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (A) is 19 to 49 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a modeling material.

5. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 3 , wherein a content of the di- or more-functional polyfunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (B) is 15 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a modeling material.

6. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 3 , wherein a content of the water-insoluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (A) is 19 to 49 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a modeling material, and a content of the di- or more-functional polyfunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (B) is 15 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a modeling material.

7. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 3 , wherein the resin composition for a modeling material further contains an oligomer.

8. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 7 , wherein a content of the oligomer is 10 to 45 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a modeling material.

9. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the surface tension St is 24.0 to 33.0 mN/m.

10. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the resin composition for a supporting material contains a water-soluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (E), polyalkylene glycol comprising an oxyethylene group and/or an oxypropylene group (F), a photopolymerization initiator (C), and a surface adjusting agent (D).

11. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the water-soluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (E) is 20 to 50 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a supporting material.

12. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the oxyethylene group and/or an oxypropylene group (F) is 20 to 49 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a supporting material.

13. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 10 , wherein a content of the water-soluble monofunctional ethylenic unsaturated monomer (E) is 20 to 50 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a supporting material, and a content of the oxyethylene group and/or an oxypropylene group (F) is 20 to 49 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the whole resin composition for a supporting material.

14. The light curing molding ink set according to claim 10 , wherein a number average molecular weight Mn of the oxyethylene group and/or an oxypropylene group (F) is 100 to 5,000.

15. A method for manufacturing a light cured article using the light curing molding ink set as defined in claim 1 by a manufacturing method for light curing molding using an ink-jet scheme, comprising:

a step (I) of discharging a resin composition for a modeling material and a resin composition for a supporting material from an ink-jet head, so that a resin composition layer in which a layer composed of the resin composition for a modeling material and a layer composed of the resin composition for a supporting material are arranged contiguously,

a step (II) of photocuring the resin composition for a modeling material and the resin composition for a supporting material constituting the resin composition layer, respectively, thereby, obtaining a modeling material and a supporting material, and

a step (III) of removing the supporting material, thereby, obtaining a light cured article.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 3, 2021
From: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.
To: MAXELL, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058301/0318 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2018
From: KITOU, KATSUYUKI; IZUMO, TAEKO; OKAWA, MASAKATSU; HONGO, KENTA
To: MAXELL HOLDINGS, LTD.; MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045194/0294 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-181573 · Sep 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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