US 12,064,850 B2
Abrasive articles and methods for forming same
Brahmanandam V. Tanikella, Northborough, MA (US); and Charles J. Gasdaska, Shrewsbury, MA (US)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, Conflans-sainte-Honorine (FR)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (FR)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/148,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/266,279, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211469 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B24D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B24D 11/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a batch of abrasive articles via additive manufacturing from a powder bed of raw material, wherein the method comprises controlling at least one of a batch density variation and/or a batch volumetric form factor of the batch of abrasive articles based on the position and/or orientation of at least two of the abrasive articles relative to each other.