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US 2020/0198249 A1Published application
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.
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A fabrication method, the method comprising:
- fabricating a physical hollow shell utilizing a first material by utilizing an additive material process;
- filling the physical hollow shell with a second material, the second material having differing characteristics from the first material, the second material being initially provided to the interior of the physical hollow shell in flowable form;
- causing the second material to solidify into a desired part;
- and
- removing the physical hollow shell from the second material after solidification is complete so as to expose the desired part.
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A fabrication method, the method comprising:
- creating a physical hollow shell from a first material, the physical hollow shell being formed utilizing an additive material process;
- providing a support material about an exterior of the physical hollow shell;
- filling the support material with a second material, the second material being provided in flowable form, wherein the second material when in flowable form destroys or consumes the first material;
- allowing the second material to solidify within a cavity formed within the support material, the cavity having been formed by the first material;
- and
- removing the solidified second material from the hollow shell.
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A fabrication method, the method comprising:
- creating a solid model of a desired part;
- converting the solid model to a hollow shell assembly model, the hollow shell assembly model having an exterior surface representing an exterior surface of the desired part;
- creating a hollow shell from a first material using an additive material process based on the hollow shell assembly model;
- filling the hollow shell with the second material, the second material being initially provided in a flowable form;
- and
- causing the second material to solidify;
- and
- integrating the first material with the second material so as to form a final part.
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A fabrication method, the method comprising:
- creating a physical hollow shell from a first material, the physical hollow shell being formed utilizing an additive material process;
- filling the support material with a second material, the second material being provided in flowable form;
- causing the second material to flow within a cavity formed within the support material, the cavity having been formed by the first material;
- wherein the first material and second material together form a final desired part.
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