CREATING A BREAKAWAY REGION

Registre Brevet USPTO
Numéro d'application 17866435
Statut En instance
Date de dépôt 2022-07-15
Date de la première publication 2023-02-02
Date de publication 2023-02-02
Propriétaire HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (USA)
Inventeur(s)
  • Shaarawi, Mohammed S.
  • Mckinnell, James
  • Champion, David A.
  • Kasperchik, Vladek P.

Abrégé

An apparatus is disclosed to create a breakaway junction for 3D printed parts. Powder is spread along a target zone, such as a build bed. A liquid functional agent is selectively dispensed upon the powder to form a 3D object, a supporting part, and the breakaway junction between them.

Classes IPC  ?

  • B22F 10/00 - Additive manufacturing of workpieces or articles from metallic powder
  • B33Y 70/00 - Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing
  • B33Y 40/20 - Post-treatment, e.g. curing, coating or polishing
  • B22F 3/10 - Sintering only
  • B22F 5/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product
  • B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
  • B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
  • B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
  • B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
  • B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
  • B22F 10/14 - Formation of a green body by jetting of binder onto a bed of metal powder
  • B22F 10/85 - Data acquisition or data processing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
  • B22F 10/64 - Treatment of workpieces or articles after build-up by thermal means
  • B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
  • B22F 10/68 - Cleaning or washing
  • B22F 10/32 - Process control of the atmosphere, e.g. composition or pressure in a building chamber
  • B22F 10/47 - Structures for supporting workpieces or articles during manufacture and removed afterwards characterised by structural features
  • B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
  • C09D 11/033 - Printing inks characterised by features other than the chemical nature of the binder characterised by the solvent
  • C09D 11/38 - Inkjet printing inks characterised by non-macromolecular additives other than solvents, pigments or dyes
  • B22F 1/05 - Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles