Rapid tooling system and methods for manufacturing abrasive articles
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc.
InventorsDamien Nevoret, Gwo Swei, Alain Zanoli
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Abstract
A method of facilitating abrasive article manufacturing includes providing a rapid tooling system to a consumer and providing a cartridge to the consumer. The cartridge has a cartridge body, a first binder and first abrasive particles. The cartridge is configured to operate as part of the rapid tooling system and is operable to deposit the first binder and the first abrasive particles in successive patterned layers to form an abrasive structure.
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A method of facilitating abrasive article manufacturing, the method comprising:
- providing a rapid tooling system to a consumer;
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- providing a cartridge to the consumer, the cartridge having a cartridge body, a first binder and first abrasive particles, the cartridge configured to operate as part of the rapid tooling system and operable to deposit the first binder and the first abrasive particles in successive patterned layers to form an abrasive structure.
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A method of facilitating abrasive article manufacturing, the method comprising:
- providing a cartridge to a consumer, the cartridge having a cartridge body, a first binder and first abrasive particles, the cartridge configured to operate as part of a rapid tooling system and operable to deposit the first binder and first abrasive particles in successive patterned layers to form a three-dimensional abrasive structure.
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A method of facilitating abrasive article manufacturing, the method comprising:
- receiving an empty cartridge;
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- filling the empty cartridge with a binder and abrasive particles, wherein the cartridge is configured to operate as part of a solid free form manufacturing system and operable to deposit the binder and abrasive particles in successive patterned layers to form an abrasive structure.
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A method for manufacturing an abrasive article, the method comprising:
- inputting a data set associated with a first abrasive article design to a rapid tooling system including a first binder and first abrasive particles;
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- forming the abrasive article from the first binder and first abrasive particles based on the data set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.