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US 12,172,382 B2Granted
Methods for producing three-dimensional objects
AssigneeCarbon, Inc.
InventorsJason P. Rolland, Kai Chen, Justin Poelma, James Goodrich, Robert K. Pinschmidt, Jr., Joseph M. DeSimone, Lloyd M. Robeson
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Abstract
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is described. The method may use a polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, and (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from said first component.
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A method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprising:
- (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, said carrier and said build surface defining a build region therebetween;
- (b) filling said build region with a polymerizable liquid, said polymerizable liquid comprising a mixture of (i) a light polymerizable liquid first component, (ii) a second solidifiable component that is different from said first component, and said polymerizable liquid comprising a photoinitiator and an organic peroxide;
- (c) irradiating said build region with light through said optically transparent member 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, said three-dimensional intermediate containing said second solidifiable component carried in said scaffold in unsolidified and/or uncured form;
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- (d) subsequent to said irradiating step, heating, microwave irradiating, or both heating and microwave irradiating, second solidifiable component in said three-dimensional intermediate to form said three-dimensional object.
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