Method for making an ornamental article
AssigneeNuovi Gioielli S.R.L.
InventorsIvano Torresan, Damiano Carlesso
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Abstract
Method for making an ornamental article, which envisages a step for arranging, in a 3D printer, a finish plate made of metallic material provided with an inner face and an outer face, and an augmenting step for augmenting, in the 3D printer, an ornamental body formed by a plurality of separate connection elements mechanically engaged with each other, wherein the augmenting step is attained by means of successive welding of metal powder layers, so to fix the plurality of connection elements of the ornamental body to the finish plate. The method further comprises a step for cutting the finish plate into a plurality of separate surface elements adjacent to each other and mechanically connected to the plurality of connection elements.
Claims7
A method for making an ornamental article, said method comprising the following operating steps:
- arranging, in a 3D printer, a finish plate made of metallic material having an inner face and with an outer face;
- additively, in said 3D printer, forming an ornamental body by successive welding metal powder layers such that a plurality of separate connection elements that are mechanically engaged with each other are formed on the inner face of the finish plate, wherein an initial welding of a first metal powder layer on the inner face of said finish plate mechanically fixes said plurality of connection elements of said ornamental body to said finish plate;
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- cutting, after said forming the ornamental body, said finish plate into a plurality of separate surface elements that are adjacent to each other and are mechanically connected to said plurality of connection elements to make an ornamental article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.