REMOVAL OF SUPPORTS, AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM SURFACE, AND WITHIN HOLLOW 3D PRINTED PARTS

Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lakshman, Narender Shankar, Artysiewicz, Krzysztof, Kenworthy, Michael Thomas, Doty, Taylor Caitlin, Issari, Bahram
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 CASTING MAKING METALLIC POWDER MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER PERFORMING OPERATIONS POWDER METALLURGY TRANSPORTING WORKING METALLIC POWDER
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods for removing support structures in additively manufactured parts are disclosed. A method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure comprises inserting a demolition object in a first state into a hollow portion of a 3-D printed part, breaking a support structure within the hollow portion by contact with the demolition object, changing the demolition object into a second state while the demolition object is within the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part, and removing the demolition object from the hollow portion of the 3-D printed part.