Digital fabrication of metallic articles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9938420
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15514585

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A method of manufacturing metallic articles from a metal substrate includes the steps of: a) jetting an image with a UV curable inkjet ink on at least one surface of the metallic substrate; b) UV curing the image; c) electroplating or acidic etching the at least one metallic surface not covered by the UV cured image; and d) stripping or solubilizing the UV cured image by an aqueous alkaline solution; wherein the UV curable inkjet ink has a viscosity of no more than 100 mPa·s at 25° C. and at a shear rate of 1,000 s−1; and wherein the UV curable inkjet ink contains a specific polymerizable composition and up to 20 wt % of photoinitiator including at least one of an acyl phosphine oxide photoinitiator and a thioxanthone photoinitiator.

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AGFA-GEVAERTSEPTESTRAAT 27 MORTSEL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Mondt Roel Mortsel, BE 26 125
Loccufier, Johan Mortsel, BE 292 1503
Pastor, Ramirez Blanca Maria Mortsel, BE 1 5
Torfs, Rita Mortsel, BE 36 87

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