Patent ID: 9650526
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B29L,B33Y,C08K,C09D

Claim:
1. A method of printing a three-dimensional article comprising: retaining a composite build material in a fluid state in a container; selectively applying energy to the composite build material in the container to solidify at least a portion of a first fluid layer of the composite build material, thereby forming a first solidified layer that defines a first cross-section of the article; raising or lowering the first solidified layer to provide a second fluid layer of the composite build material at a surface of the fluid composite build material in the container; and selectively applying energy to the composite build material in the container to solidify at least a portion of the second fluid layer of the composite build material, thereby forming a second solidified layer that defines a second cross-section of the article, the first cross-section and the second cross-section being bonded to one another in a z-direction, wherein the composite build material comprises: