Methods of making a deflection member
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn L. Brent, Jr., Steven D. Smith, Jacob R. Adams
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a deflection member is disclosed. The method may include the steps of: providing an additive manufacturing apparatus that comprises at least one radiation source and a vat comprising a photopolymer resin, providing a reinforcing member comprising a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface, contacting at least the second surface of the reinforcing member with the photopolymer resin, and directing radiation from a first radiation source and a second radiation source toward the first surface of the reinforcing member.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a deflection member, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an additive manufacturing apparatus that comprises at least one radiation source and a vat comprising a photopolymer resin;
- b) providing a reinforcing member comprising fibers that define a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface;
- c) contacting at least the second surface of the fibers with the photopolymer resin;
- d) directing radiation from a first radiation source and a second radiation source through the first surface of the fibers, through the second surface, and into photopolymer resin in contact with the second surface;
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- e) at least partially curing the photopolymer resin in contact with the second surface of the reinforcing member with the radiation from the first radiation source and the second radiation source that has passed through the second surface to create at least a portion of a lock-on layer while the first surface remains free of contact with the photopolymer resin.
A method for manufacturing a deflection member, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an additive manufacturing apparatus that comprises at least one radiation source and a vat comprising a photopolymer resin;
- b) providing a reinforcing member comprising translucent material that defines a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface;
- c) contacting at least the second surface of the translucent material with the photopolymer resin;
- d) directing radiation from a first radiation source and a second radiation source through the first surface of the reinforcing member, through the translucent material, through the second surface, and into photopolymer resin in contact with the second surface;
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- e) at least partially curing the photopolymer resin in contact with the second surface of the reinforcing member with the radiation from the first radiation source and the second radiation source both of which have passed through the translucent material to create at least a portion of a lock-on layer while the first surface remains free of contact with the photopolymer resin.
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