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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2005
James W. Comb, Hamel, MN (US);
William R. Priedeman, Jr., Long Lake, MN (US);
Paul J. Leavitt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert L. Skubic, Chanhassen, MN (US);
John Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);
James W. Comb, Hamel, MN (US);
William R. Priedeman, Jr., Long Lake, MN (US);
Paul J. Leavitt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Robert L. Skubic, Chanhassen, MN (US);
John Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US);
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a modeling filament for use as feedstock in a fused deposition modeling liquifier, and a method for manufacturing the filament. The diameter and standard deviation of the filament are controlled to meet various tolerance requirements of jam resistance, slip resistance, model strength, liquifier overflow prevention and hysteresis-free transient response. Standard deviation of the filament diameter is matched to a filament target diameter. The resulting filament is used to form high-quality models.