ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUPPORT MATERIAL WITH PARTICULATES

• Main Authors: PICKERING, Jerry, MULLEN, Brian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 06.07.2023
• 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; 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

The present disclosure is directed to a support composition for additive manufacturing, the support composition comprising a soluble support polymer and a finely divided particulate, In certain embodiments the particulate is about 5 % by weight to 25% by weight of the support composition. In certain embodiments the particulate is at or below 1 µm weight average particle size. La présente divulgation concerne une composition de support pour la fabrication additive, la composition de support comprenant un polymère de support soluble et une particule finement divisée, dans certains modes de réalisation, la particule est d'environ 5 % en poids à 25 % en poids de la composition de support. Dans certains modes de réalisation, la particule est égale ou inférieure à une taille de particule moyenne en poids de 1 µm.