US 12,337,527 B2
FDM printed luminaires with enhanced shiny appearance
Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Eindhoven (NL); Ties Van Bommel, Horst (NL); and Stefan Willi Jukius Gruhlke, Baesweiler (DE)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/779,313
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Nov. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/082286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/104920, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19211550 (EP), filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410468 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); F21V 1/22 (2006.01); F21V 1/26 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 64/118 (2017.08) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F21V 1/22 (2013.01); F21V 1/26 (2013.01); B29K 2995/002 (2013.01); B29K 2995/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7472 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a 3D item by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising a 3D printing stage comprising: layer-wise depositing an extrudate comprising 3D printable material, to provide the 3D item comprising 3D printed material, wherein the 3D item comprises a plurality of layers of the 3D printed material, wherein the 3D printable material comprises core-shell 3D printable material comprising (i) a core comprising core material and (ii) a shell comprising shell material, wherein the core material comprises a core thermoplastic material and core additive material, wherein the shell material comprises a shell thermoplastic material and shell particles, wherein the shell material is light transmissive for one or more wavelengths in the visible wavelength range, wherein the shell particles comprise specularly reflective particles, wherein the core additive material comprises one or more of diffuse reflective particles, white particles, black particles, colored particles, and dye molecules, and wherein the core material and the shell material differ in one or more optical properties selected from the group of color, reflectivity, type of reflectivity, and absorption of light.