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US 2026/0152609 A1Published application
3d printing support material and method for manufacturing same
AssigneeOsaka University
InventorsMichiya MATSUSAKI, Zhengtian XIE
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Abstract
A 3D printing support material is provided. The 3D printing support material includes gel particles and a gel particle stabilizer. The gel particles have a number-average diameter D50 that is 1 μm to 500 μm and a ratio (D90/D10) of D90 with respect to D10 is 7 or lower in the particle size distribution. The number-average diameter D50, D90 and D10 are particle sizes corresponding to a cumulative number of 50%, 90% and 10%, respectively, in a number-based particle size distribution.
Claims7
A 3D printing support material, comprising:
- gel particles;
- and
- a gel particle stabilizer,
- wherein
- the gel particles have a number-average diameter D50, which is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative number of 50% in a number-based particle size distribution, of 1 μm to 500 μm, and
- a ratio (D90/D10) of D90, which is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative number of 90%, with respect to D10, which is a particle size corresponding to a cumulative number of 10%, is 7 or lower in the particle size distribution.
3 more elements
A method of producing a 3D printing support material, the method comprising:
- preparing a mixture that comprises a gel and a gel particle stabilizer solution;
- and
- applying a shear force to the mixture to obtain a gel particle dispersion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.