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Granted Patent B2
US 9,682,166 · App. 14/814,839 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Additive manufacturing powder and method of manufacturing the same

Inventor: Masaki Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,682,166
App. No.
14/814,839
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Additive manufacturing powder contains a core-shell type particle containing a core particle comprising a first binder resin and a filler and a shell present on the surface of the core particle. The shell contains a second binder resin. The powder has a particle size distribution Dv/Dn of 1.5 or less and an average circularity of from 0.800 to 0.980, the average circularity being represented by the following relation: Average circularity=(a perimeter of a circle having the same area as a projected image of a particle)/(the perimeter of the projected image of the particle)×100.

Claims (20)

1. An additive manufacturing powder comprising:

a core-shell type particle comprising

a core particle comprising a first binder resin and a filler and

a shell present on a surface of the core particle, the shell comprising a second binder resin,

wherein the powder has a particle size distribution Dv/Dn of 1.5 or less where Dv is the volume average particle diameter and Dn is the number average particle diameter and an average circularity of 0.800 to 0.980,

and wherein the additive manufacturing powder satisfies a relation: 0.2≦A/B<0.8, where A represents a volume average particle diameter of the filler and B represents a volume average particle diameter of the powder.

2. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the filler accounts for 30 percent by weight or more of the powder.

3. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , satisfying a relation: 0.43≦A/B≦0.72.

4. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is at least one of a calcium phosphate based material or a carbon based material.

5. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 4 , wherein the filler is at least one of hydroxyapatite, α-tricalcium phosphate, β-tricalcium phosphate, or octacalcium phosphate.

6. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 4 , wherein the filler is at least one of carbon nanotube, graphene, or fullerene.

7. The additive manufacturing powder recording according to claim 1 , wherein the powder has a volume average particle diameter Dv in a range of from 4.0 μm to 10.0 μm.

8. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the powder has a particle size distribution Dv/Dn of 1.25 or less.

9. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the powder has an average circularity in a range of from 0.940 to 0.980.

10. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the second binder resin is incompatible with the first binder resin and swells to ethyl acetate.

11. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the first binder resin is a polyester resin.

12. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the second binder resin is a styrene-acrylic resin.

13. The additive manufacturing powder according to claim 1 , wherein the first binder resin is a polyester resin and the second binder resin is a styrene-acrylic resin.

14. The additive manufacturing powder recording according to claim 1 , wherein the powder has a volume average particle diameter Dv in a range of from 2.4 μm to 5.7 μm.

15. The additive manufacturing powder recording according to claim 1 , wherein the filler is an inorganic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2015
From: WATANABE, MASAKI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 036226/0118 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-163425 · Aug 11, 2014 · national
JP 2015-099999 · May 15, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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