US 12,466,125 B2
Granular material for thermal fusion type three-dimensional printers, method for producing shaped article, and filament
Ryohei Yuasa, Yamato (JP); and Takashi Nomura, Yamato (JP)
Assigned to KYORAKU CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,643
Filed by KYORAKU CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 25, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/036216
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/060451, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-175608 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019; and application No. 2019-179419 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332041 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01)
CPC B29C 64/106 (2017.08) [B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A manufacturing method of a molded object by three-dimensional printing, comprising:
forming a plurality of single-layer structures including at least a first single-layer structure and a second single-layer structure, by performing a plurality of running steps including at least a first running step and a second running step;
the first running step comprising forming the first single-layer structure by running a strand formed by extruding, from a nozzle, granular material melted in an extruder with a screw, and
the second running step comprising forming the second single-layer structure on the first single-layer structure by running the strand formed by extruding, from the nozzle, the granular material melted in the extruder with the screw to form a laminated structure, wherein
the granular material is formed of a thermoplastic elastomer,
the thermoplastic elastomer has, at at least one of a measurement temperature of 120 to 270° C., a loss tangent (tan δ) of 0.40 or more and a loss modulus (G″) of 11000 Pa or less, which are measured with a rotary rheometer having a setting strain of 0.01 at a frequency of 1 Hz,
the strand consists of the thermoplastic elastomer,
the first and second running steps are performed at a molding temperature at which the loss modulus (G″) is 582 to 4500 Pa and the loss tangent (tan δ) is 0.40 or more, wherein the molding temperature is a temperature of the strand immediately after being extruded from the nozzle; and
the thermoplastic elastomer has a Shore A hardness of 0 to 10.