US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on Dec. 2 for "System and method for improving mechanical properties of polymer powder bed fusion processes" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,606, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"System and method for improving mechanical properties of polymer powder bed fusion processes" was invented by Nathan Brad Crane (Lutz, Fla.), Justin Troy Nussbaum (Tampa, Fla.), Garrett Michael Craft (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) and Julie P. Harmon (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sintering methods comprising (a) providing a layer of powder material on a platform; (b) projecting incident light from a source onto a surface area of the layer of powder material, wherein the incident light is projected for a sufficient time to densify the layer of powde...