METHODS OF PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS WITH APPARATUS HAVING FEED CHANNELS

    公开(公告)号:US20230001634A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17662706

    申请日:2022-05-10

    Applicant: Carbon, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from the first component; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer scaffold from the first component and also advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, and containing the second solidifiable component carried in the scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) concurrently with or subsequent to the irradiating step, solidifying and/or curing the second solidifiable component in the three-dimensional intermediate to form the three-dimensional object.

    PRODUCTION OF LOW DENSITY PRODUCTS BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20220118689A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17645538

    申请日:2021-12-22

    Applicant: Carbon, Inc.

    Abstract: Provided herein according to some embodiments is polymerizable liquid useful for the production of a three-dimensional object by additive manufacturing, said polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of: (a) at least one photopolymerizable component; (b) a photoinitiator; (c) at least one heat polymerizable component; and (d) heat expandable microspheres. A method of making a three-dimensional object from such a polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing and objects so produced are also provided.

    EPOXY DUAL CURE RESINS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20210198419A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17192768

    申请日:2021-03-04

    Applicant: Carbon, Inc.

    Abstract: An epoxy dual cure resin useful for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects includes: (i) a photoinitiator; (ii) monomers and/or prepolymers that are polymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation or light; (iii) optionally, a light absorbing pigment or dye; (iv) an epoxy resin; (v) optionally, but in some embodiments preferably, an organic hardener co-polymerizable with the epoxy resin; (vi) optionally but preferably a dual reactive compound having substituted thereon a first reactive group reactive with said monomers and/or prepolymers that are polymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation or light, and a second reactive group reactive with said epoxy resin (e.g., an epoxy acrylate); (vii) optionally a diluent; (viii) optionally a filler; and (ix) optionally, a co-monomer and/or a co-prepolymer. Methods of using the same in additive manufacturing are also described.

    Cyanate ester dual cure resins for additive manufacturing

    公开(公告)号:US11040483B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US16576844

    申请日:2019-09-20

    Applicant: Carbon, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by: (a) providing a cyanate ester dual cure resin; (b) forming a three-dimensional intermediate from said resin, where said intermediate has the shape of, or a shape to be imparted to, said three-dimensional object, and where said resin is solidified by exposure to light; (c) optionally washing the three-dimensional intermediate, and then (d) heating and/or microwave irradiating said three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently to further cure said resin and form said three-dimensional object. Compositions useful for carrying out the method, and products made from the method, are also described.

    Dual cure additive manufacturing of rigid intermediates that generate semi-rigid, flexible, or elastic final products

    公开(公告)号:US11034084B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16704111

    申请日:2019-12-05

    Applicant: Carbon, Inc.

    Abstract: Provided herein is a method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprising: (a) providing a carrier and a fill level having a build region therebetween; (b) filling said build region with a polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component; (c) irradiating said build region with light to form a solid polymer scaffold from said first component and also advancing said carrier away from said build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, said three-dimensional object and containing said second solidifiable component carried in said scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form; and (d) solidifying and/or curing said second solidifiable component in said three-dimensional intermediate. The solidifying and/or curing step (d) may increase the elasticity and/or decrease the rigidity of said intermediate in forming said three-dimensional object.

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