COLOR DETERMINATION FOR PHOTOPOLYMER MIXTURES IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

摘要

The present disclosure relates to a system configured to determine an amount of color dye and/or pigment to add to a photopolymer mixture to produce an object of desired color after additive manufacturing. The system may comprise one or more of an additive manufacturing device, a color dispensing device, a physical computer processor, a user interface, electronic storage, external resources, and/or other components. The system is configured such that the color of a final object after additive manufacturing is controlled based on the light absorbance characteristics of the photopolymer, and/or other characteristics. Because of this, the final color of the object formed via additive manufacturing closely matches a target color specified by a user.

主权项

1. A system configured to determine an amount of pigment to add to a photopolymer mixture to produce an object of desired color after additive manufacturing, the system comprising one or more physical computer processors configured by computer readable instructions to:
effectuate presentation of a graphical user interface configured to facilitate entry and/or selection of information from a user and display information to the user, the graphical user interface including one or more views configured to facilitate entry and/or selection of color information that indicates a desired object color for the object after additive manufacturing; obtain the color information via the graphical user interface; obtain one or more material property parameters of the photopolymer mixture and one or more individual pigments of different colors, the material property parameters indicating light absorbance characteristics of the photopolymer mixture and the one or more individual pigments of different colors; obtain one or more process parameters of the additive manufacturing process, the one or more process parameters including a wavelength of light used during the additive manufacturing process; and determine amounts of the one or more individual pigments of different colors to add to the photopolymer mixture such that the object has the desired color after additive manufacturing, the determination based on the color information, the material property parameters, and the process parameters.