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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
Sabic Global Technologies B.v., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Robert R. Gallucci, Mt. Vernon, IN (US);
Vandita Pai-Paranjape, Evansville, IN (US);
Thomas Hocker, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Keith E. Cox, Newburgh, IN (US);
SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V., Bergen op Zoom, NL;
Abstract
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.