Patent ID: 9694541
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K,B33Y,G03F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of forming a component having multiple material properties, the method comprising: forming, by additive manufacturing, a first particle containment structure on a first base layer; filling the first particle containment structure with a first layer of particles, the layer of particles being contained by the first particle containment structure; curing the first layer of particles; forming a second particle containment structure on a second base layer within the first particle containment structure and on the cured first layer of particles, increasing respective heights of the first and second particle containment structures; filling space between the first and second particle containment structures with one or more additional layers of particles and curing the one or more additional layers of particles until a desired component dimension is achieved; forming, by additive manufacturing, a cover to encapsulate any exposed particles; and fully curing the first and second particle containment structure, the particles and the cover.