METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLES UTILIZING FOAM PARTICLES

Provided herein is an article comprising:a structure formed of a plurality of affixed foam particles;wherein each individual foam particle of the plurality of affixed foam particles is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer material and includes a binding material in a binding region,and wherein each i...

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Hauptverfasser:	DOREMUS, Harleigh, FOLGAR, Luis, KVAMME, Brandon, SCHILLER, Denis, CONSTANTINOU, Jay
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	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 NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON FOOTWEAR GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING HUMAN NECESSITIES METALLURGY ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS PARTS OF FOOTWEAR PERFORMING OPERATIONS PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCESIN A PLASTIC STATE SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP TRANSPORTING WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL WORKING-UP
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Zusammenfassung:	Provided herein is an article comprising:a structure formed of a plurality of affixed foam particles;wherein each individual foam particle of the plurality of affixed foam particles is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer material and includes a binding material in a binding region,and wherein each individual foam particle includes one or more binding regions on an outer surface of the individual foam particle affixing the individual foam particle to one or more adjacent foam particles; wherein the one or more adjacent foam particles comprise the thermoplastic elastomer material; wherein the binding regions include a portion of binding material from the individual foam particle and/or a portion of binding material from at least one of the one or more adjacent foam particles;wherein the structure formed of the plurality of affixed foam particles includes a plurality of gaps between particles, with the gaps occupying at least 10 percent of a total volume of the structure; andwherein, prior to affixing, the plurality of foam particles have a number average particle size of about 0.04 millimeters to about 10 millimeters.