PLASTICALLY DEFORMABLE 3D OBJECTS WITH HEAT CHANNELS

• Main Authors: SHI, Qian, JAYASANKAR, Aravind Kumar, HAN, Rui Yuan, BALLAGAS, Rafael, SONG, Juha, REGAN, Michael John, BHAT, Kiesar Sideeq, BIN JUHARI, Muhammad Aidil
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.04.2024
• 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; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, an additive manufacturing system is described. The additive manufacturing system includes a build material deposition device to form a plastically deformable three-dimensional (3D) object by depositing layers of a thermoplastic build material to form a body of the plastically deformable 3D object. The additive manufacturing system also includes a heat channel forming device to form heat channels within the plastically deformable 3D object which heat channels, responsive to an applied stimulus, are to soften adjacent regions of the body. The additive manufacturing system also includes a fusing system to selectively harden layers of thermoplastic build material to form the plastically deformable 3D object.