Additively manufacturing fluorine-containing polymers
AssigneeHoneywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Matthew Selter, Jamie Michael Messman
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Abstract
A system and method of additively manufacturing a part including electrically conductive or static dissipating fluorine-containing polymers. The method includes depositing fluorine-containing polymer additive manufacturing material onto a build platform, selectively cross-linking portions of the deposited additive manufacturing material, and curing the selectively cross-linked portions such that the part is at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating.
Claims20
A method of forming a part via additive manufacturing, the method comprising the steps of:
- depositing additive manufacturing material onto a build platform, the additive manufacturing material including fluorine-containing polymers being at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating;
- selectively cross-linking portions of the deposited additive manufacturing material;
- and
- curing the selectively cross-linked portions such that the part is at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating.
A method of forming a part via additive manufacturing, the method comprising the steps of:
- delivering from an additive manufacturing material reserve an additive manufacturing material and a supplemental material, the additive manufacturing material including fluorine-containing polymers being at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating, the supplemental material including at least one of graphite, graphene, and carbon;
- delivering from a functional material reserve a functional material configured to enhance mixing of the fluorine-containing polymers with the supplemental material when added to the additive manufacturing material;
- selectively adding, via a mixer downstream of the additive manufacturing material reserve and the functional material reserve, the functional material to the additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture;
- depositing the additive manufacturing mixture onto a build platform;
- selectively cross-linking portions of the deposited additive manufacturing mixture;
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- curing the selectively cross-linked portions such that the part is at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating.
A method of forming a part via additive manufacturing, the method comprising the steps of:
- delivering from an additive manufacturing material reserve a powdered additive manufacturing material and a powdered supplemental material, the additive manufacturing material including fluorine-containing polymers being at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating, the supplemental material including at least one of graphite, graphene, and carbon;
- delivering from a functional material reserve a powdered functional material configured to promote mixing of the fluorine-containing polymers with the supplemental material when added to the additive manufacturing material;
- selectively adding, via a mixer downstream of the additive manufacturing material reserve and the functional material reserve, the functional material to the additive manufacturing material to form an additive manufacturing material mixture, the at least one of graphite, graphene, and carbon being saturated in the additive manufacturing mixture;
- depositing the additive manufacturing mixture onto a build platform via a deposition device downstream of the mixer;
- directing an energy source at the portions of the deposited additive manufacturing mixture according to a computer-aided design to selectively cross-link portions of the deposited additive manufacturing mixture;
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- curing the selectively cross-linked portions such that the part is at least one of electrically conductive and static dissipating.
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