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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Eindhoven, NL;
Ties Van Bommel, Horst, NL;
Stefan Willi Julius Gruhlke, Baesweiler, DE;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for producing a 3D item by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising a 3D printing stage comprising layer-wise depositing 3D printable material, to provide the 3D item comprising 3D printed material, wherein the 3D item comprises layers of 3D printed material, wherein the 3D printable material comprises thermoplastic material, wherein during at least part of the 3D printing stage the 3D printable material further comprises porous inorganic particles embedded in the thermoplastic material, wherein the porosity of the inorganic particles is in the range 5-60 vol. %, and wherein the inorganic particles () have an open porosity. The invention also comprises the product resulting from above method.