公开(公告)号：US20190329491A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-31

申请号：US16462050

申请日：2017-11-17

Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY

Inventor： Phillip P. Yu ,  Stephen E. Amos ,  Mark J. Williams ,  Andrea C. Charif Rodriguez ,  Troy K. Ista ,  Joseph C. Dingeldein ,  Adam C. Schendel ,  Jeffrey N. Bartow ,  Michael C. Dadalas ,  Carsten Franke ,  Gabriele H. Gottschalk-Gaudig ,  Klaus Hintzer ,  Malte Korten ,  Gallus Schechner ,  Sebastian F. Zehentmaier ,  Fee Zentis

IPC: B29C64/165 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y70/00 ,  B29C64/209 ,  C09D11/322 ,  C09D11/037 ,  C09D11/108

Abstract: The method of making a three-dimensional article includes heating a composition comprising a polymer and hollow ceramic microspheres, extruding the composition in molten form from an extrusion head to provide at least a portion of a first layer of the three-dimensional article, and extruding at least a second layer of the composition in molten form from the extrusion head onto at least the portion of the first layer to make at least a portion of the three-dimensional article. Three-dimensional articles are also described. A composition including a polymer and hollow ceramic microspheres is also described. The composition may be a filament. The polymer is at least one of a low-surface-energy polymer or polyolefin. The composition can be useful, for example, in melt extrusion additive manufacturing, for example, fused filament fabrication.