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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Chunliang Lu, Webster, NY (US);
Christopher Wolfe, Rochester, NY (US);
John Ianni, Medina, NY (US);
Mark Mercandetti, Victor, NY (US);
John Pawlak, Rochester, NY (US);
Chieh-Min Cheng, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for improving z-axis strength of a 3D printed object is disclosed. For example, the method includes printing a three-dimensional (3D) object with a polymer and magnetic particles, heating the 3D object to a temperature at approximately a melting temperature of the polymer, and applying a magnetic field to the 3D object to locally move the magnetic particles in the polymer to generate heat and fuse the polymer around the magnetic particles to improve a z-axis strength of the 3D object.