Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Keith E Cox

Robert Russell Gallucci

Paul Dean Sybert

Vandita Pai-Paranjape

Viswanathan Kalyanaraman

Malvika Bihari

Thomas Hocker

Franciscus Maria Huijs

A method comprising: providing a powder composition including at least one ultrafine, spherical thermoplastic polymer powder having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 150 degrees C.; and powder bed fusing the powder composition to form a three-dimensional article.

Powder bed fusing thermoplastic polymers

Disclosed herein are methods that includes using a water-degradable (e.g., autoclavable) support material together with a high-heat build material (e.g., polyetherimide or PEI). When the support material is autoclaved for a period of time, the support material becomes brittle and then disintegrates into powder and therefore can be removed from the model or build material, leaving behind a part formed from the model material that includes features (e.g., cavities, channels, etc.) formerly occupied by the support material.

Sacrificial high heat support materials for additive manufacturing processes

A reduced density article of manufacture, and process for making same, made from a thermoplastic polycarbonate composition. The reduced density article of manufacture has (1) a certain density and (2) a certain micro structure containing from 1% to 20% by volume of voids wherein at least 80% of the voids are high aspect voids and less than 20% of the voids are spherical voids with a diameter of 10 to 100 microns. The polycarbonate thermoplastic composition comprises at least 50 mole % of a certain bisphenol A. The reduced density article of manufacture is made by a monofilament additive manufacturing technique.

Reduced density article

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