Table 1. Post-Treatments Established for 3D-Printed Molds as Determined in This Study for 16 Commercial Resinsa.
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company/provider | resin name | resin characteristics | UV | heating (120 °C) | UV | heating (60 °C) |
Fun-To-Do | standard black | 1 h | 4 h | X | X | |
standard red | 2 h | 8 h | X | X | ||
industrial black | composite | 15 min | 2 h | X | X | |
industrial red | composite | 15 min | 2 h | 15 min | 48 h | |
deep black | composite (carbon nanotube) | 15 min | 2 h | 1 h | 48 h | |
Formlabs | black | 0 h | 1 h | 0 h | 24 h | |
flex | flexible | 0 h | 2 h | 2 h | 0 h | |
HT | high temperature | 0 h | 1 h | 0 h | 1 h | |
clear | transparent | 0 h | 1 h | 0 h | 24 h | |
Envisiontec | PIC100 | casting resin | 2 h | 4 h | X | X |
E-shell 300 | transparent, biocompatible | 0 h | 1 h | 0 h | 24 h | |
R11 | 2 h | 4 h | X | X | ||
DWS | DL260 | composite with ceramic | 0 h | 1 h | 2 h | 24 h |
DS3000 | transparent, biocompatible | 0 h | 2 h | 0 h | 24 h | |
GL4000 | flexible | 1 h | 8 h | 4 h | 0 h | |
GM08 | flexible, transparent | 1 h | 8 h | 2 h | 24 h |
“X” stands for the absence of treatment found in the range of tested duration of the two steps.