Patent ID: 11919262
Assignee: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for post-processing a powder-based additively manufactured part, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a powder-based additively manufactured part, the additively manufactured part comprising a material having a melting point;
providing a fluid for processing the additively manufactured part in order to improve the surface finish of the additively manufactured part;
a heating step, wherein the fluid is heated; and
an application step, wherein the heated fluid is applied to a surface of the additively manufactured part,
wherein the fluid comprises at least one acetal; and wherein the at least one acetal is selected from one or more of formaldehyde dibutyl acetal, aminoacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, acetaldehyde diethyl acetal, acrolein diethyl acetal, phenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal, anisaldehyde dimethyl acetal, citral diethyl acetal, 2,2-diethoxyacetophenone, and ethyl diethoxyacetate.