Invention Application
- Patent Title: REMOVAL OF SUPPORTS, AND OTHER MATERIALS FROM SURFACE, AND WITHIN HOLLOW 3D PRINTED PARTS
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Application No.: US17728476Application Date: 2022-04-25
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Publication No.: US20220339707A1Publication Date: 2022-10-27
- Inventor: Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Taylor Caitlin Doty , Bahram Issari , Narender Shankar Lakshman , Krzysztof Artysiewicz
- Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Main IPC: B22F10/43
- IPC: B22F10/43 ; B22F10/62 ; B22F10/66 ; B22F10/64 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y40/20
Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US12090551B2 Removal of supports, and other materials from surface, and within hollow 3D printed parts Public/Granted day:2024-09-17
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