The present invention generally relates to a powder comprising a PEEK-PEoEK copolymer, wherein the PEEK-PEoEK copolymer having R.sub.PEEK and R.sub.PEoEK repeat units in a molar ratio R.sub.PEEK/R.sub.PEoEK ranging from 95/5 to 5/95. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a three-dimensional (3D) object by sintering layers of the powder.

A chemical treatment process has been identified as a simple and effective means of improving the bonding of injection-molded polymer to titanium surfaces. This process forms an oxide layer on a titanium surface that includes a layered double hydroxide. The layered double hydroxide both raises the bond strength and minimizes air or water leakage. The process enables the use of titanium alloys with injection molded polymer structural bonds in strong, lightweight, and water-resistant enclosures for consumer electronics.

A method of preparing a polymer powder composition suitable for selective laser sintering and a powder composition obtained from the same. The polymer composition comprising at least two polyetherketoneketone polymorphs, each of the polymorphs having a different melting peak in a melting temperature range. The polymer is heated at a temperature below the lowest of the polymorphs melting peaks thereby decreasing the melting temperature range of the polymer composition. The treatment is especially useful with Cake B PEKK powder, which is otherwise unusable in SLS. Parts built from the treated powder using SLS have reduced surface anomalies and are easier to remove from the Cake bed.

To provide a thermoplastic resin composition for fused deposition modeling, capable of obtaining a modeled body which is excellent in modeling performance and antistatic performance, which can be colored into various colors, and which has diverse design properties, a modeled body which is obtained with the thermoplastic resin composition by fused deposition modeling, and which not only is excellent in antistatic performance and but also has excellent design properties by coloration, and a method for producing the modeled body. A thermoplastic resin composition for fused deposition modeling, containing 3 to 45 parts by mass of one or more kinds of a polymeric compound (G) having the following polyether segment (A) and polymer segment (B), based on 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin: Polyether segment (A): a polyether segment derived from a compound (a) having one or more ethyleneoxy groups and having a hydroxyl group at each of both ends; Polymer segment (B): one or more polymer segments selected from the group consisting of a polyester segment (D) and a polyamide segment (E).

The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for repairing a damage to a thermoplastic composite element, in particular an aircraft component, wherein a socket is milled at the site of damage to the thermoplastic composite element. Then, in the socket a patch is formed from a thermosetting material containing a reinforcing phase of fabric layers and a matrix of thermosetting resin, the patch having a shape and size corresponding to the socket geometry. In the next step, the patch is cured, and finally the cured patch is glued into the socket by means of an adhesive.

The present disclosure is drawn to food contact compliant three-dimensional printing kits and systems. In one example, a multi-fluid kit of food contact compliant agents for three-dimensional printing can include a food contact compliant fusing agent and a food contact compliant detailing agent. The fusing agent can include from about 70 wt % to about 96 wt % water, a food contact compliant carbon black dispersion in an amount of from about 3 wt % to about 10 wt % by solids weight of the carbon black dispersion, and food grade propylene glycol in an amount from about 1 wt % to about 15 wt %. The detailing agent can include from about 70 wt % to about 90 wt % water, food grade propylene glycol in an amount from about 10 wt % to about 25 wt %, and a food contact compliant chelating compound in an amount of from about 0.01 wt % to about 1 wt %.

A resin composition with high heat resistance, melt formability, and secondary processability is provided. A resin composition containing: a poly(aryl ether ketone) resin (A); and a poly(ether imide sulfone) resin (B), wherein the poly(aryl ether ketone) resin (A) and the poly(ether imide sulfone) resin (B) are compatibly mixed. The poly(aryl ether ketone) resin (A) is preferably a poly(ether ketone ketone) resin with a repeating unit (a-1) represented by the following formula (1A) and a repeating unit (a-2) represented by the following formula (2A), and the resin composition has one glass transition temperature. ##STR00001##

Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a compound for use in the SLS process comprising: a semicrystalline plastic selected from the group consisting of: polyaryletherketones -PAEK-, polyetherketoneketone -PEKK-, polyetherketone -PEK-, polyetheretherketone -PEEK-; and an amorphous plastic selected from the group consisting of: polyetherimide -PEI-, polyethersulfone -PES-, polyphenylenesulfone -PPSU-, and polysulfone -PSU-. Both the semicrystalline plastic and the amorphous plastic be present as a mixture in the compound.

Composite polyether block amide (PEBA) copolymer tubes incorporate an ultra-thin PEBA layer that enables rapid moisture transfer and exchange through the tube. A composite PEBA film may include a porous scaffold support and may be formed or incorporated into the composite PEBA tube. A porous scaffold support may be coated or imbibed with PEBA to form a composite PEBA film. A composite PEBA film may be wrapped on a mandrel or over a porous scaffold support to form a composite PEBA tube. A film layer may be applied over a wrapped composite PEBA film to secure the layers together. The film layer by applied by dipping, spraying or painting.

Devices and methods for making a polymer with a porous layer from a solid piece of polymer are disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes heating a surface of a solid piece of polymer to a processing temperature and holding the processing temperature while displacing a porogen layer through the surface of the polymer to create a matrix layer of the solid polymer body comprising the polymer and the porogen layer. In at least one embodiment, the method also includes removing at least a portion of the layer of porogen from the matrix layer to create a porous layer of the solid piece of polymer.