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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1992
Michael Cima, Lexington, MA (US);
Emanuel Sachs, Somerville, MA (US);
Tailin Fan, Cambridge, MA (US);
James F Bredt, Watertown, MA (US);
Steven P Michaels, Melrose, MA (US);
Satbir Khanuja, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alan Lauder, Boston, MA (US);
Sang-Joon J Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
David Brancazio, Cambridge, MA (US);
Alain Curodeau, Cambridge, MA (US);
Harald Tuerck, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A process for making a component by depositing a first layer of a powder material in a confined region and then depositing a binder material to selected regions of the layer of powder material to produce a layer of bonded powder material at the selected regions. Such steps are repeated a selected number of times to produce successive layers of selected regions of bonded powder material so as to form the desired component. The unbonded powder material is then removed. In some cases the component may be further processed as, for example, by heating it to further strengthen the bonding thereof.