TOOLS COMPRISING REPEATING STRUCTURES

• Main Authors: BAKER, Mary Louise Gray, SHIRLEY, Nathan Eric, PARSONS, Ronnie George, SHEPHERD, Matthew A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 20.04.2023
• 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; CASTING; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

In some examples, a tool for manufacturing parts includes a body formed using an additive manufacturing process, where the body includes a plurality of repeating structures, and where the plurality of repeating structures include a first subset of repeating structures each having a first physical property as specified by a digital representation of the tool used in the additive manufacturing process, and a second subset of repeating structures each having a different second physical property as specified by the digital representation of the tool used in the additive manufacturing process. Selon l'invention, dans certains exemples, un outil pour la fabrication de pièces comprend un corps formé à l'aide d'un processus de fabrication additive, le corps comprenant une pluralité de structures répétitives, et les différentes structures répétitives comprenant un premier sous-ensemble de structures répétitives ayant chacune une première propriété physique telle que spécifiée par une représentation numérique de l'outil utilisé dans le processus de fabrication additive, et un second sous-ensemble de structures répétitives ayant chacune une seconde propriété physique différente telle que spécifiée par la représentation numérique de l'outil utilisé dans le processus de fabrication additive.