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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2020
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Thomas Gardner, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Travis Hislop, Waite Park, MN (US);
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
Ways of preparing a partially crystalline polycarbonate powder are provided that include dissolving an amorphous polycarbonate in a polar aprotic solvent to form a first solution of solubilized polycarbonate at a first temperature. The first solution is then cooled to a second temperature, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature, where a portion of the solubilized polycarbonate precipitates from the first solution to form a second solution including the partially crystalline polycarbonate powder. Certain partially crystalline polycarbonate powders resulting from such methods are particularly useful in additive manufacturing processes, including powder bed fusion processes.