CORE-SHEATH FILAMENTS INCLUDING BLOWING AGENT

• Main Authors: KALISH, Jeffrey P, MCNULTY, Jason D, CHASTEK, Thomas Q, WEST, Shaun M, YOUNG, Jacob D
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.11.2022
• Subjects: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OFTHREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVEAGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING,STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONFILAMENTS; CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS,THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPINNING; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Core-sheath filaments comprising cores including a polymer and 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % of a blowing agent, that can be dispensed as the core in a core-sheath construction. Dispensed adhesive compositions comprising the disclosed core-sheath filaments, the dispensed adhesive composition being a product resulting from compounding the core-sheath filament through a heated extruder nozzle. Methods of preparing core-sheath filaments.