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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
William Brian Atkins, Houston, TX (US);
Gary Eugene Weaver, Conroe, TX (US);
Valerie Sillen, Brussels, BE;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed herein a method of designing a mold, the mold being at least part of a unitary body to be formed from a plurality of layers by 3D printing, the method including defining an inner surface of the mold corresponding to at least part of an outer surface of an object to be molded in the mold; selecting a first material from which at least part of the mold is to be printed; and selecting a second material from which at least another part of the mold is to be printed, the second material having a higher thermal and/or electrical conductivity than the first material, wherein at least one of the layers from which the mold is to be formed by 3D printing includes areas to be printed from each of the first and second materials.