IP Library Granted Patent US 11,268,214
Granted Patent B2
US 11,268,214 · App. 15/789,536 · Granted Mar 8, 2022

Filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding and production method of molded body

Inventors: Jiro Sano (Mie, JP); Toshihisa Ishihara (Mie, JP); Shigeyuki Furomoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: MCPP Innovation LLC; Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,268,214
App. No.
15/789,536
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, which affords a molded article having soft texture and excellent heat resistance and among others, exhibits good moldability in molding by a material extrusion 3D printer. The present invention relates to a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, including a thermoplastic elastomer which contains at least a specific block copolymer and in which the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus measured at 200° C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in a specific range.

Claims (46)

1. A filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, comprising:

a thermoplastic elastomer comprising at least one block copolymer selected from the group consisting of a first block copolymer comprising a polymer block P including 50% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from a vinyl aromatic compound and a polymer block Q including 50% by weight or more of a structural unit derived from conjugated diene and/or isobutylene, and a second block copolymer obtained by hydrogenating the first block copolymer,

wherein a ratio tan δ=Gδ[200° C., 100 Hz]/G′[200° C., 100 Hz] between storage modulus G′[200° C., 100 Hz] and loss modulus G″[200° C., 100 Hz] of the thermoplastic elastomer measured at 200° C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is from 0.50 to 2.50.

2. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer further comprises

a softening agent capable of softening the thermoplastic elastomer.

3. The filament according to claim 2 , wherein the softening agent is included in an amount of from 30 to 400 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the at least one block copolymer.

4. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein the thermoplastic elastomer further comprises

a polyolefin resin.

5. The filament according to claim 4 , wherein the polyolefin resin comprises a polypropylene resin.

6. The filament according to claim 4 , wherein the polyolefin resin is included in an amount of from 10 to 300 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the at least one block copolymer.

7. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein the filament has a diameter of from 1.0 to 5.0 mm.

8. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein storage modulus G′[30° C., 1 Hz] of the thermoplastic elastomer measured at 30° C. and 1 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is from 1×10 4 to 5×10 7 Pa.

9. The filament according to claim 8 , wherein storage modulus G′[200° C., 1 Hz] of the thermoplastic elastomer measured at 200° C. and 1 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is 2×10 4 Pa or less.

10. The filament according to claim 9 , wherein G′[30° C., 1 Hz]/G′[200° C., 1 Hz] of the thermoplastic elastomer is from 5×10 −1 to 5×10 6 .

11. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein a melt flow rate (MFR) of the thermoplastic elastomer at 190° C. under a load of 1.20 kgf based on ISO 1133 is from 1 to 400 g/10 min.

12. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein a durometer A hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer is 90 or less.

13. A roll of the filament according to claim 1 .

14. A cartridge for material extrusion 3D printer molding, comprising:

a container in which the filament according to claim 1 is housed.

15. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 1 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

16. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 2 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

17. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 3 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

18. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 4 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

19. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 5 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

20. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 6 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

21. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the filament has a diameter of from 1.0 to 5.0 mm.

22. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 8 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

23. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 9 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

24. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 10 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

25. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 11 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

26. A method for producing a molded article, the method comprising:

molding the filament according to claim 12 with a material extrusion 3D printer.

27. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the filament is molded such that a temperature of a molten resin discharged from an extrusion head of the material extrusion 3D printer is from 180 to 250° C.

28. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the molding by the material extrusion 3D printer is based on a fused deposition modeling method.

29. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the molding by the material extrusion 3D printer is performed by discharging a molten resin from an extrusion head in a strand shape with a diameter of 0.01 to 1 mm.

30. The filament according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one block copolymer comprises a hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 4, 2026
From: MCPP INNOVATION LLC
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075514/0360 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2019
From: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL MEDIA CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048108/0842 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2018
From: SANO, JIRO; ISHIHARA, TOSHIHISA; FUROMOTO, SHIGEYUKI
To: MCPP INNOVATION LLC; MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL MEDIA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044662/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-085994 · Apr 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016062563 · Apr 20, 2016
Related Publication 20180038015A1 · Feb 8, 2018
Cited By (1)
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