Development of reliable building plate for liquid crystal display-based stereolithography 3D printing system

拟议的研究项目是在Keekyoung Kim博士的领导下，不列颠哥伦比亚省大学的研究人员与3D Currax Solutions Inc.的工程师合作开展的。拟议的研究项目将开发一种新的建筑板材，以永久固定打印部件和建筑板材之间的薄膜。将设计、制造和测试具有不同固定机制的新型建筑板。这些机制包括拉伸和拧紧，智能夹紧和特殊胶合。最好的薄膜和固定机制将结合起来，以找到最大的可打印重量和尺寸。3D Currax正在开发的3D打印系统将能够第一次真正的大规模生产，这可能会取代传统的注塑成型系统，并减少产品的开发时间和成本。

The proposed research project is a partnership between researchers at the University of British Columbia, underthe leadership of Dr. Keekyoung Kim, and engineers at 3D Currax Solutions Inc. in Kelowna, BC.The proposed research project will develop a new building plate to permanently fix a film between the printedpart and the building plate. The new building plate with different fixing mechanisms will be designed,fabricated and tested. Such mechanisms include stretching and screwing, smart clamping, and specialty gluing.The best films and fixing mechanism will be combined for finding maximum printable weight and size.The 3D printing system being developed by 3D Currax will be capable of the first true mass-production, whichcan potentially replace the conventional injection molding system and reduce the development time and cost ofproducts.