Additive processing of fluoropolymers

US11230053B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey N. Bartow · West St. Paul, US
• Carsten Franke · Saint Paul, US
• Robin E. Wright · Inver Grove Heights, US
• Fee Zentis · Waging am See, DE
• Klaus Hintzer · Woodbury, US
• Gabriele H. Gottschalk-Gaudig · Mehring, DE
• Bernd Gangnus · Andechs, DE
• Malte Korten · Moorenweis, DE
• Gallus Schechner · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
• Wolfgang Neumann · Gernrode, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 25, 2022
• Expiry date: May 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08L2205/05
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided are methods for making shaped fluoropolymer by additive processing using a polymerizable binder. Also are 3D printable compositions for making shaped fluoropolymer articles and articles comprising a shaped fluoropolymer.