Method for additively manufacturing composite objects for securing to wearable articles and articles obtained thereby

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method of making a composite product (20) by additive manufacturing. The method includes providing an additive manufacturing apparatus having a build platform, the build platform having a planar face on which the product is formed; securing a fabric (22) sheet to the planar face (11) to provide a planar fabric surface thereon; additively manufacturing an intermediate object on the planar fabric surface in the apparatus (12) by light polymerizing a dual cure resin to produce an intermediate object on the build platform, the intermediate object including the fabric (22) sheet having the three-dimensional object (21) adhered thereto; and concurrently with or following the additively manufacturing step, further curing the intermediate object to produce a composite object including the fabric sheet having the three-dimensional object adhered thereto. Composite object and products are also described herein.

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