METHOD FOR PRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTS WITH CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:US20190111615A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US16217435

    申请日:2018-12-12

    申请人: Stratasys, Inc.

    摘要: A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, which includes providing a part material that compositionally has one or more semi-crystalline polymers and one or more secondary materials that are configured to retard crystallization of the one or more semi-crystalline polymers, where the one or more secondary materials are substantially miscible with the one or more semi-crystalline polymers. The method also includes melting the part material in the additive manufacturing system, forming at least a portion of a layer of the three-dimensional part from the melted part material in a build environment, and maintaining the build environment at an annealing temperature that is between a glass transition temperature of the part material and a cold crystallization temperature of the part material.

    Method of printing semi-crystalline materials utilizing extrusion based additive manufacturing system

    公开(公告)号:US11654614B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US16042568

    申请日:2018-07-23

    申请人: Stratasys, Inc.

    摘要: A method of 3D printing a part with an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system includes providing a filament having a semi-crystalline material as a majority component of a polymeric matrix to a liquefier having a liquefier tube having an overall length between an inlet end and an outlet end. An upper portion of the liquefier tube adjacent the inlet end has a first length and a first cross-sectional area substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis and a lower portion of the liquefier tube adjacent the outlet end has a second length and a second cross-sectional area substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein the first cross-sectional area is greater than the second cross-sectional area. The method includes driving the filament into a melt zone located within the upper portion of the liquefier tube at a selected rate based upon a desired extrusion rate. The filament is melted within the melt zone forming a melt pool in the liquefier tube to provide the selected extrusion rate. The part is printed in a series of layers by extruding the melted filament having a majority of semi-crystalline material along tool paths representative of the part.