On-demand method of making pcb pallets using additive manufacturing
AssigneeJabil Inc.
InventorsLuke Rodgers, Erik Gjovik
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Abstract
A method of making a printed circuit board pallet is provided. The method of making the pallet illustratively includes the steps of: providing a base in a form of a polymer sheet stock; applying a fluid onto the base at selective locations where the pallet will be built-up to a three-dimensional form; depositing a polymer powder onto the base at the selective locations applied with the fluid; removing any excess amounts of the polymer powder not adhered to the fluid; and heating the pallet to fuse the polymer powder together and to the base.
Claims12
A method of making a printed circuit board (PCB) pallet, the method comprising the steps of:
- applying a fluid onto a provided base of inorganic polymer sheet stock specifically at selective locations where the PCB pallet will be built-up to a three-dimensional form;
- depositing a polymer powder on to the base such that it adheres exclusively at the selective locations applied with the fluid and correspondent particularly to the PCB pallet;
- removing any excess amounts of the polymer powder not adhered to the fluid;
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- heating the pallet to fuse the polymer powder together and to the base to form the PCB pallet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.