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US 2022/0274172 A1Published application
Coprinted supports with printed parts
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKrzysztof Nauka, Thomas Anthony
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Abstract
A system for forming a part with a support including: a liquid reservoir to hold a support material to form the support; an ejector to receive support material from the liquid reservoir and deposit the support material into a build area; an actuator to provide relative motion between the ejector and the build area; and a spreader to form a layer of metal particles in the build area, wherein the support provides support for the part during sintering.
Claims20
A method of forming a metal part, the method comprising:
- forming a metal part, by layers, in a build area;
- forming a support for the metal part by depositing support material into the build area;
- and
- sintering the metal part while the metal part is supported by the support.
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A method of forming a metal part, the method comprising:
- with a spreader, spreading layers of metal particles in a build area;
- forming, by layers of metal particles, a metal part;
- forming a shell of a different support material to surround and provide support for the metal part;
- and
- sintering layers of the metal part while the layers of the metal part are supported by the shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.