FUSING AGENTS WITH TRIAZINE RADIATION ABSORBERS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING

• Main Authors: Discekici, Emre Hiro, Wycoff, Kyle, Hartman, Aja, Niu, Michelle, Olubummo, Adekunle, Nauka, Krzysztof
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.08.2024
• 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; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES ASCOMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A fusing agent for three-dimensional printing can include from about 0.5 wt % to about 6 wt % triazine radiation absorber; from about 40 wt % to about 90 wt % organic cosolvent; from about 0.4 wt % to about 4 wt % of a surfactant selected from a polyethylene sorbitol ester, a polyoxyethylene lauryl ether, or a mixture thereof; and water.