Abrasive articles and methods for forming same
AssigneesSaint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Surface Solutions France
InventorsBrahmanandam V. Tanikella, Charles J. Gasdaska, Michael J. Lemberger
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Abstract
A method for forming an abrasive article via an additive manufacturing technique including forming a layer of powder material comprising a precursor bond material and abrasive particles, compacting at least a portion of the layer to form a compacted layer, binding at least a portion of the compacted layer and repeating the steps of forming, compacting and binding to form a green body abrasive article.
Claims20
A plurality of abrasive articles made via additive manufacturing, wherein the plurality of abrasive articles comprises a powder blend including virgin raw material powder and recycled raw material powder comprising recycled abrasive particles and recycled precursor bond material, wherein the recycled abrasive particles comprise one or more materials oxides, carbides, nitrides, borides, and diamonds, and the recycled precursor bond material comprises oxides, wherein the recycled raw material powder is not greater than 95 wt % of a total weight of the powder blend, and wherein the plurality of abrasive articles comprises a batch flexural strength standard deviation of less than 0.25 MPa.
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