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UV light-curing resin + 3D printing: small batch customization is no longer "high cost"

  In today's rapidly changing market environment, consumers' demand for personalized and customized products is growing, which makes small batch customized production an important trend in many industries.

  However, traditional manufacturing methods, such as injection molding, often face challenges such as high mold costs, long production cycles, and limited design flexibility when faced with small-batch production, making "small-batch customization" almost equal to "high cost." With the rapid development of additive manufacturing technology, especially the maturity and popularization of UV light-curing resin 3D printing technology, this situation is being completely changed.

  With its unique advantages, UV light-curing 3D printing provides a new, economical, efficient, flexible and changeable path for small-batch customized production, solving the once daunting "high cost" problem.The key reason why UV light-curing resin stands out among many 3D printing materials is its "light-speed molding" feature. Under the irradiation of ultraviolet rays of a specific wavelength, the photosensitive molecules in the resin can quickly undergo polymerization and achieve a transition from liquid to solid. This process not only does not require high-temperature baking, but also shortens the long curing cycle in traditional manufacturing to seconds, greatly improving production efficiency.

   One of the main challenges facing the traditional small-batch production model is the high cost structure. When the production quantity is small, fixed costs (such as molds, equipment adjustments, etc.) cannot be shared by a large number of products, resulting in high costs per unit. The combination of UV light-curing resin and 3D printing technology is fundamentally changing this situation, providing a more cost-effective solution for small-batch customization.

UV light-curing resin 3D printing technology has many advantages, such as：

1. The core advantage of 3D printing: Eliminate mold costs

2. Shorten production cycle: time is money

3. High material utilization: Reduce waste

4. Low equipment investment cost: Reduce fixed investment

5. Breakthrough in material performance: Double improvement in precision and efficiency

6. Expansion of material diversity: Meet the needs of multiple applications