US Patent Application 18032521. RECOVERING FLUOROPOLYMER FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTS simplified abstract
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RECOVERING FLUOROPOLYMER FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTS
Organization Name
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Inventor(s)
ERICA Fung of SAN DIEGO CA (US)
ALAY Yemane of SAN DIEGO CA (US)
EMRE HIRO Discekici of SAN DIEGO CA (US)
RECOVERING FLUOROPOLYMER FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18032521 titled 'RECOVERING FLUOROPOLYMER FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTS
Simplified Explanation
- The patent application describes a method for recovering fluoropolymer from a three-dimensional printed object. - The method involves dissolving the fluoropolymer in a solvent that can dissolve fluoropolymer. - The three-dimensional printed object contains a particulate fusing compound and fluoropolymer. - The particulate fusing compound is separated from the dissolved fluoropolymer and solvent. - The solvent is then evaporated from the dissolved fluoropolymer, leaving behind the recovered fluoropolymer.
Original Abstract Submitted
A method of recovering fluoropolymer from a three-dimensional printed object can include dissolving a fluoropolymer of a three-dimensional printed object in a fluoropolymer-dissolving solvent to generate dissolved fluoropolymer from the three-dimensional object, wherein the three-dimensional printed object includes from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % particulate fusing compound and from about 90 wt % to about 99.9 wt % fluoropolymer. The method can further include separating the particulate fusing compound from the fluoropolymer-dissolving solvent and the dissolved fluoropolymer, and evaporating the fluoropolymer-dissolving solvent from the dissolved fluoropolymer.
