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US 11,548,232 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing isotropic parts utilizing additive manufacturing methods
AssigneeElement 7, LLC
InventorMark Jaster
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Abstract
A fabrication method involving the use of additive material fabrication methods to create a shell representative of a desired part, the additive material shell being used in one or more molding fabrication methods in which a second material is provided into a cavity of the shell.
Claims8
A fabrication method, comprising the steps of:
- creating a first portion of a physical hollow shell from a first material, the physical hollow shell being formed utilizing a 3-D printing process;
- providing a support material in a granular form about an exterior of the first portion of physical hollow shell formed;
- filling the first portion of the physical hollow shell with a second material, the second material being provided in flowable form;
- creating a second portion of the physical hollow shell using additional first material after at least some volume of the first portion of the physical hollow shell has been filled by the second material;
- providing additional support material in granular form about an exterior of the second portion of physical hollow shell formed;
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- filling the second portion of the physical hollow shell with additional second material after the second portion of the physical hollow shell has been created;
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- allowing the second material to solidify, wherein when the second material to solidify within the hollow shell of the first material causes the first material and the second material to become integrated as a part.
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