IMMISCIBLE Liquid layer between Resin and VAT window IDEA
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:04 am
1) I am new as a poster to your site. But have been reading and following posts for many months.
2) I had an idea but did not know the terms to describe it. After doing a google search I found a children's school web site that discusses my basic concept and some terminology. the web site is: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/l ... iquids.htm
3) Here are the terms I found so I can describe my idea:
The word “miscibility” describes how well two substances mix.
Oil and water are said to be “immiscible,” because they do not mix.
The oil layer is on top of the water because of the difference in density of the two liquids.
The density of a substance is the ratio of its mass (weight) to its volume.
The oil is less dense than the water and so is on top.
4) My Idea:
IF a liquid could be found that is IMMISCIBLE with Liquid Resins being used in todays 3D DLP Printers,
THEN we can use a very thin layer of this IMMISCIBLE liquid in the bottom of the resin vat to create a barrier
that would allow continuous build of the resin.
5) IMMISCIBLE Liquid Attributes
a) The IMMISCIBLE Liquid would need to have a greater Density then any or all Resins to be used.
b) The IMMISCIBLE Liquid would need to be transparent to UV wavelengths being used to cure the Resin.
6) Benefits:
a) This would allow the continuous build of the 3D object
without the heavy Expense of the Teflon AF 2400 film used with the Carbon 3D CLIP Technology.
b) Since the companies that create Resins are most likely chemists and also know the density of their
resin materials,
1) they could most likely mix up a sister product for each resin that is clear to UV light frequencies and also
2) they could design it to be significantly more dense than their resin so that it is less likely to easily move
or mix with the resin during the build cycle
So that is my idea. Since I am not a chemist, I leave it to those of you who are experimenters to try and bring this idea to life,
and then FREELY share the solution to all the others on this board. Hopefully you will not patent the result and charge us a lot of money.
I have a lot of other ideas to share if this one get positive response.
I am old and not used to posting on boards, but think some of you with younger minds
could easily solve this one problem.
Thank you for considering my idea.
ImagineThat!
2) I had an idea but did not know the terms to describe it. After doing a google search I found a children's school web site that discusses my basic concept and some terminology. the web site is: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/l ... iquids.htm
3) Here are the terms I found so I can describe my idea:
The word “miscibility” describes how well two substances mix.
Oil and water are said to be “immiscible,” because they do not mix.
The oil layer is on top of the water because of the difference in density of the two liquids.
The density of a substance is the ratio of its mass (weight) to its volume.
The oil is less dense than the water and so is on top.
4) My Idea:
IF a liquid could be found that is IMMISCIBLE with Liquid Resins being used in todays 3D DLP Printers,
THEN we can use a very thin layer of this IMMISCIBLE liquid in the bottom of the resin vat to create a barrier
that would allow continuous build of the resin.
5) IMMISCIBLE Liquid Attributes
a) The IMMISCIBLE Liquid would need to have a greater Density then any or all Resins to be used.
b) The IMMISCIBLE Liquid would need to be transparent to UV wavelengths being used to cure the Resin.
6) Benefits:
a) This would allow the continuous build of the 3D object
without the heavy Expense of the Teflon AF 2400 film used with the Carbon 3D CLIP Technology.
b) Since the companies that create Resins are most likely chemists and also know the density of their
resin materials,
1) they could most likely mix up a sister product for each resin that is clear to UV light frequencies and also
2) they could design it to be significantly more dense than their resin so that it is less likely to easily move
or mix with the resin during the build cycle
So that is my idea. Since I am not a chemist, I leave it to those of you who are experimenters to try and bring this idea to life,
and then FREELY share the solution to all the others on this board. Hopefully you will not patent the result and charge us a lot of money.
I have a lot of other ideas to share if this one get positive response.
I am old and not used to posting on boards, but think some of you with younger minds
could easily solve this one problem.
Thank you for considering my idea.
ImagineThat!