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Journal of Mechanical Engineering ›› 2020, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (19): 221-238.doi: 10.3901/JME.2020.19.221

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Photopolymerization Technologies for Ceramics and Their Applications

WU Jiamin1,2,3, YANG Yuanqi1,2, WANG Cao1,2, HE Yining1,2, SHI Ting1,2, GAN Tian1,2, CHEN Shuang1,2,3, SHI Yusheng1,2,3, WANG Wei4   

  1. 1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074;
    3. Engineering Research Center of Ceramic Materials for Additive Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430074;
    4. Zhejiang Huake 3D Technology Co., Ltd., Wenzhou 325000
  • Received:2020-04-28 Revised:2020-05-28 Online:2020-10-05 Published:2020-11-17

Abstract: Because of the excellent properties in hardness, strength, temperature resistance and corrosion resistance, etc., ceramic materials are widely used in various fields such as aerospace, biomedical and so on. However, it is still a vital challenge for the manufacturing of ceramics with complex structures applied in the above fields. Additive manufacturing (AM) technology obtains objects by stacking materials layer by layer, which has significant advantages compared with traditional forming methods in manufacturing complex ceramics. Among numerous ceramic AM technologies, ceramic photopolymerization technologies have received extensive attention due to the ideal fabrication quality. Based on the introduction of the principles and characteristics of two mainstream ceramic photopolymerization technologies:stereolithography (SL) and digital light processing (DLP), their research status, applications and existing problems are introduced and analyzed. In the end, a summary and prospect of the ceramic photopolymerization technologies are put forward.

Key words: ceramics, additive manufacturing, photopolymerization technologies, stereolithography, digital light processing

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