Systems and methods for additive manufacturing using ceramic materials

US10676399B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Applied Cavitation, Inc · US

Inventors

• Joseph Capobianco · Sicklerville, US
• Dana Lynn Hankey · Exton, US
• Marshall Campion Tibbetts · Goleta, US
• Timothy E. Fahey · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 23, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 9, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C04B2235/94
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided in one implementation is a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object. The method can include depositing a substantially uniform layer of raw material onto a substrate. The raw material can include ceramic particles. The method can include selectively fusing particles of the raw material to form a first layer of the object. The method can include clearing non-fused particles of the raw material from the first layer of the object. The method can include repeating the steps of depositing a raw material, selectively fusing particles of the raw material, and clearing non-fused particles of the raw material to form additional layers of the object above the first layer.