Compositions for the production of objects using additive manufacturing
AssigneeEastman Chemical Company
InventorLudovic Gardet
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Abstract
Filament comprising a polymeric material that includes a diacid component comprising from about 40 to 60 mole % of units derived from terephthalic acid and from about 40 to 60 mole % of units derived from a diacid chosen from isophthalic acid, a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, a stilbenedicarboxylic acid, or a combination thereof; a glycol component comprising at least 75 mole % of units derived from cyclohexanedimethanol; wherein the polymeric material has an inherent viscosity loss of 3% or less after being extruded; and method of using this filament in production of different articles by 3D printing are disclosed.
Claims9
A filament formed from a polymeric material, said polymeric material comprising:
- units of an acid component and units of a glycol component,
- wherein the units of the acid component comprises from 45 mole % to 55 mole % of units derived from a first diacid, from 45 mole % to 55 mole % of units derived from a second diacid, and 0 to 4 mole % of units derived from additional acids, wherein the first diacid is terephthalic acid and the second diacid is chosen from isophthalic acid, a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, a naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, a stilbenedicarboxylic acid, or a combination thereof;
- wherein the glycol component is 100 mole % of units derived from cyclohexanedimethanol;
- wherein the polymeric material includes 100 mole % of the acid component and 100 mole % of the glycol component,
- wherein the polymeric material has an inherent viscosity from 0.6 dL/g to 0.7 dL/g, a density no greater than about 1.25 g/cm3, a glass transition temperature of at least about 80° C., a crystallization half-time no greater than about 300 minutes, and an inherent viscosity loss of 3% or less after being extruded through an extrusion head on a three-dimensional printer at a temperature in the range from 220° C. to 245° C. and at a rate of 7.6 mm3/s;
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- wherein the polymeric material is formed into a filament having a diameter in the range from 1.5 mm to 5 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.