Method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent
Abstract
A method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent during an additive manufacturing build is disclosed. A solid body of release agent material is ground insitu by a grinder and dispensed on a surface of the part to prevent adhesion of an adjacent layer of a base material. With the addition of the powdered release agent, a support structure is easily separated from the base material when the part is complete, saving time and preventing the part from sustaining unintentional damage. Since no powdered release agent is actually loaded or stored in the apparatus, the potential for spillage, waste, inconsistent dispensing, inadvertent dispensing, and clumping due to humidity is eliminated.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1735282
- Patent Number(s):
- 10780612
- Application Number:
- 16/106,270
- Assignee:
- UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B33 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY B33Y - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3-D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3-D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 08/21/2018
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Lind, Randall F., Post, Brian K., Chesser, Phillip C., Reis, Andrew P., and Roschli, Alex C. Method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Lind, Randall F., Post, Brian K., Chesser, Phillip C., Reis, Andrew P., & Roschli, Alex C. Method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent. United States.
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@article{osti_1735282,
title = {Method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent},
author = {Lind, Randall F. and Post, Brian K. and Chesser, Phillip C. and Reis, Andrew P. and Roschli, Alex C.},
abstractNote = {A method for generating and dispensing a powdered release agent during an additive manufacturing build is disclosed. A solid body of release agent material is ground insitu by a grinder and dispensed on a surface of the part to prevent adhesion of an adjacent layer of a base material. With the addition of the powdered release agent, a support structure is easily separated from the base material when the part is complete, saving time and preventing the part from sustaining unintentional damage. Since no powdered release agent is actually loaded or stored in the apparatus, the potential for spillage, waste, inconsistent dispensing, inadvertent dispensing, and clumping due to humidity is eliminated.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2020},
month = {9}
}
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