3D-printed tooling and methods for producing same

Techniques for 3-D printing a tooling shell for use in producing panels for a transport structure, such as an automobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle, or other mechanical structure, are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material f...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lakshman, Narender Shankar, Gunner, Jon Paul
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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 OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING ALLOYS CASTING CHEMISTRY FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS MAKING METALLIC POWDER MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER METALLURGY PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWDER METALLURGY SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS WORKING METALLIC POWDER WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Techniques for 3-D printing a tooling shell for use in producing panels for a transport structure, such as an automobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle, or other mechanical structure, are disclosed. A 3-D printer may be used to produce a tooling shell containing Invar and/or some other material for use in molding the panels. A channel may be formed in a 3-D printed tooling shell for enabling resin infusion, vacuum generation or heat transfer. Alternatively, or in addition to, one or more hollow sections may be formed within the 3-D printed tooling shell for reducing a weight of the shell.