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US 9,833,839 B2Granted
Fabricating an interface layer for removable support
AssigneeDesktop Metal, Inc.
InventorsMichael Andrew Gibson, Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Ricardo Fulop, Matthew David Verminski, Richard Remo Fontana, Christopher Allan Schuh, Yet-Ming Chiang, Anastasios John Hart
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Abstract
Support structures are used in certain additive fabrication processes to permit fabrication of a greater range of object geometries. For additive fabrication processes with materials that are subsequently sintered into a final part, an interface layer is fabricated between the object and support in order to inhibit bonding between adjacent surfaces of the support structure and the object during sintering.
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A method comprising:
- fabricating, from a first material, a support structure for an object;
- fabricating an interface layer adjacent to the support structure;
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- fabricating a surface of the object from a second material, the surface of the object adjacent to the interface layer and the second material including a powdered material for forming a final part and a binder system including one or more binders, wherein the one or more binders retain a net shape of the object during processing of the object into the final part, wherein processing of the object into the final part includes debinding the net shape to remove at least a portion of the one or more binders and sintering the net shape to join and densify the powdered material, and wherein the interface layer resists bonding of the support structure to the object during sintering.
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