US Patent Issued to PostProcess Technologies on June 2 for "Method and apparatus for support removal using directed atomized and semi-atomized fluid" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,145, issued on June 2, was assigned to PostProcess Technologies Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Method and apparatus for support removal using directed atomized and semi-atomized fluid" was invented by Nicholas Cudzilo (Lancaster, N.Y.), Jon Strible (Amherst, N.Y.), Daniel J. Hutchinson (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Marc Farfaglia (Buffalo, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for removing support material from and/or smoothing surfaces of an additively manufactured part (the "AM part") is disclosed. The apparatus may include a chamber, a support surface within the chamber, and one or more nozzles within the chamber. The nozz...