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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicants:
James K. Mikulak, Austin, TX (US);
Carl R. Deckard, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
James K. Mikulak, Austin, TX (US);
Carl R. Deckard, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/02 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B29C 47/025 (2013.01); B29C 47/0014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A consumable filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, where the consumable filament comprises a first portion of a first semi-crystalline polymeric material, and a second portion of a second semi-crystalline polymeric material, and where the second semi-crystalline polymeric material has a crystallization temperature that is greater than a crystallization temperature of the first semi-crystalline polymeric material.