Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Honeycomb-like
Patent
1996-08-22
1999-11-23
Zirker, Daniel
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Honeycomb-like
264401, 264221, B29C 3508, B22C 902
Patent
active
059896795
ABSTRACT:
A strong, dimensionally stable object, such as a tooling fixture, is produced by providing a three dimensional, rapid free form fabricated object having a hollow internal cavity and flowing a strengthening material, such as an epoxy resin, into the internal cavity.
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