Articles formed from fluorine-containing elastomer compositions using an additive manufacturing method and additive manufacturing methods for thermoset elastomer compositions

An apparatus suitable for extruding curable polymers for forming elastomer articles using additive manufacturing, and curable fluorine-containing polymer compositions suitable for use in such an apparatus are disclosed along with an additive manufacturing method for forming a fluorine-containing ela...

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Hauptverfasser: PERIYASAMY, MOOKKAN, KAZMER, DAVID, BANERJEE, SHIBSHANKER, CAMPBELL, RONALD R, MEAD, JOEY, KEANEY, ERIN E, SASSANO, ELIZABETH, BURBINE, STEPHEN, PHAEN, LEEDA
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus suitable for extruding curable polymers for forming elastomer articles using additive manufacturing, and curable fluorine-containing polymer compositions suitable for use in such an apparatus are disclosed along with an additive manufacturing method for forming a fluorine-containing elastomer article including providing a filament formed of a curable fluoropolymer composition; providing an additive manufacturing printer having a drive mechanism and a printer nozzle; feeding the filament into an additive manufacturing printer through the drive mechanism and through a longitudinal passage defined by an interior wall of a support tube, wherein the support tube extends from a first end to a second end, and wherein the second end of the support tube is positioned near an inlet to a printer nozzle; applying heat to the filament; and printing successive layers of the heated filament exiting an outlet of the nozzle onto a substrate using the additive manufacturing printer to form the fluorine-containing