Method for cleaning an additively manufactured part
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsRobert Lansing Grote, Xi Yang, Christopher D. Barnhill
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Abstract
A method for cleaning one or more deposited layers of an additively manufactured part is disclosed. The method includes curing a first layer of a first material on a build plate. The first material includes a first component, a second component, and a third component. The method further includes placing the first layer in a bath of a cleaning solution that includes the third component, agitating the bath such that an excess of the first material is removed, and curing a second layer of a second material. The second material includes the third component.
Claims20
A method for cleaning one or more deposited layers of an additively manufactured part, the method comprising:
- curing a first layer of a first material on a build plate, wherein the first material comprises a first component, a second component, and a third component;
- placing the first layer in a bath of a cleaning solution comprising the third component;
- agitating the bath such that an excess of the first material is removed;
- and
- curing a second layer of a second material, wherein the second material comprises the third component.
A method for cleaning one or more deposited layers of an additively manufactured part, the method comprising:
- contacting a build plate with a first material comprising a first component, a second component, and a third component;
- curing a first layer of the first material;
- placing the first layer in a bath of a cleaning solution comprising the third component;
- agitating the bath such that an excess of the first material is removed;
- contacting the first layer with a second material comprising the third component;
- and
- curing a second layer of the second material.
A method for cleaning one or more deposited layers of an additively manufactured part, the method comprising:
- curing a first layer of a first polymeric resin on a build plate, wherein the first polymeric resin comprises a first component;
- placing the first layer in a bath of a cleaning solution comprising a third component;
- agitating the bath such that an excess of the first polymeric resin is removed;
- and
- curing a second layer of a second polymeric resin on the build plate, wherein the second polymeric resin comprises the first component, a second component, and the third component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.