IP Library Granted Patent US 10,668,531
Granted Patent B2
US 10,668,531 · App. 15/060,966 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

3D printing method and powder mixture for 3D printing

Inventor: Bernd Ruppert (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
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Patent No.
US 10,668,531
App. No.
15/060,966
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A 3D printing method includes mixing a sintered component which is selected from the group comprising ceramic materials, ceramic material combinations, metal materials, metal material combinations and metal alloys, with at least one surface coating component which is selected from the group comprising boron nitride, graphene, carbon nanotubes, tungsten sulfide, tungsten carbide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum carbide, calcium fluoride, caesium molybdenum oxide sulfide, titanium silicon carbide and cerium fluoride, in a powder mixture; and laser sintering or laser melting the powder mixture in a selective laser sintering method or a selective laser melting method.

Claims (7)

1. A 3D printing method comprising:

generating a shielding gas atmosphere in a 3D printing device, wherein a shielding gas of the shielding gas atmosphere comprises a surface coating component which is selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, graphene, carbon nanotubes, tungsten sulfide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum carbide, calcium fluoride, cesium oxythiomolybdate, titanium silicon carbide and cerium fluoride; and

laser sintering or laser melting a powder mixture using a selective laser sintering method or a selective laser melting method in the shielding gas atmosphere, wherein the powder mixture comprises a sintered component which is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium, nickel, chromium, iron, aluminum, molybdenum, beryllium, copper, magnesium, cobalt, tin, and alloys thereof.

2. The 3D printing method according to claim 1 , wherein the powder mixture comprises at least one surface coating component which is selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, graphene, carbon nanotubes, tungsten sulfide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum carbide, calcium fluoride, cesium oxythiomolybdate, titanium silicon carbide and cerium fluoride.

3. A 3D printing method comprising:

locally injecting a plasma at a working region of a 3D printing device, wherein the plasma comprises a surface coating component which is selected from the group consisting of boron nitride, graphene, carbon nanotubes, tungsten sulfide, molybdenum sulfide, molybdenum carbide, calcium fluoride, cesium oxythiomolybdate, titanium silicon carbide and cerium fluoride; and

laser sintering or laser melting a powder mixture using a selective laser sintering method or a selective laser melting method in the working region of the 3D printing device, wherein the powder mixture comprises a sintered component which is selected from the group consisting of gold, platinum, palladium, nickel, chromium, iron, aluminum, molybdenum, beryllium, copper, magnesium, cobalt, tin, and alloys thereof.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: RUPPERT, BERND
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 203 873 · Mar 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160256926A1 · Sep 8, 2016