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- Patent Title: Method of printing parts with a high-performance consumable materials with electrophotography based additive manufacturing system
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Application No.: US15726892Application Date: 2017-10-06
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Publication No.: US11150570B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: James E. Orrock , Steven A. Chillscyzn , Trevor I. Martin
- Applicant: Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Assignee: Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Agency: Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner LLC
- Main IPC: G03G13/22
- IPC: G03G13/22 ; G03G15/22 ; B29C64/153 ; B33Y70/00 ; G03G13/08 ; G03G9/087 ; G03G9/097 ; G03G9/08 ; G03G13/16 ; G03G13/20 ; G03G15/24 ; G03G15/16 ; B29K71/00 ; B29K105/00 ; B29K81/00 ; B29K77/00

Abstract:
A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having an electrophotography engine, a transfer medium, and a layer transfusion assembly includes providing a part material to the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the part material compositionally comprising a charge control agent, and a thermoplastic material having a heat deflection temperature greater than about 150° C., and has a powder form. The method includes triboelectrically charging the part material to a Q/M ratio having a negative charge or a positive charge, and a magnitude ranging from about 5 micro-Coulombs/gram to about 50 micro-Coulombs/gram and developing layers of the three-dimensional part from the charged part material with the electrophotography engine. The method includes electrostatically attracting the developed layers from the electrophotography engine to the transfer medium and moving the attracted layers to the layer transfusion assembly with the transfer medium, wherein the layer transfusion assembly comprises a nip roller. The method includes transfusing the moved layers to previously-printed layers of the three-dimensional part with by moving the attracted layers about a nip of a nip roller using heat and pressure over time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180046107A1 HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONSUMABLE MATERIALS FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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