Provided is a method of forming a shaped structure. The method includes coupling a first section of a mold to a second section of the mold such that a mold cavity is defined, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the mold cavity corresponds to a cross-sectional shape of the shaped structure and wherein at least one of the first section of the mold and the second section of the mold comprise a soluble material; at least partially filling the mold cavity with a curable polymer; and curing the curable polymer in the mold cavity to make the shaped structure.

An object of the present invention is to provide a shape supporting support material which can be efficiently removed after molding in addition manufacturing and an active energy ray-curable resin composition used for forming the support material. An active energy ray-curable resin composition containing the ionic monomer (A), the nonionic water-soluble monomer (B), the nonpolymerizable compound (C), and the photopolymerization initiator (D), and/or the polyfunctional monomer (E) is used. The support material can be thereby efficiently removed from the formed roughly modeled product. Furthermore, a three-dimensional modeled product having a non-contaminated surface and high molding accuracy can be obtained.

A three-dimensional part is printed using an additive manufacturing technique. The three-dimensional part includes an outer wall having an outer surface defining a shape of a part and in interior surface defining an interior cavity. The part includes a plurality of first sections having a plurality of printed layers, each printed layer of the first section having a plurality of wall segments that form triangle shaped cells wherein each of the plurality of first sections are attached to the interior surface of the outer wall. The part includes a plurality of second sections having a plurality of printed layers, each printed layer of the second section having a plurality of wall segments that form hexagram shaped cells of hexagons and triangles, wherein each of the plurality of second printed sections are attached to the interior surface of the outer wall and wherein the first and second sections are in an alternating pattern, wherein when adjacent printed layers of the first and second sections are printed a wall segment of a cell defining a triangle bisect the hexagon shaped cell.

The present invention relates to a method for forming a three-dimensional object; according to the present invention, when the three-dimensional object is manufactured by an inkjet method, a support can be removed without damage to a structure body such that the three-dimensional object can be simply and economically manufactured.

A method for producing a rubber composition include a mixing step, a drying step, and a dispersion step. In the mixing step, an aqueous solution that includes at least one of oxycellulose fibers and cellulose nanofibers is mixed with rubber latex to obtain a first mixture. In the drying step, the first mixture is dried to obtain a second mixture. In the dispersion step, the second mixture is tight-milled using an open roll to obtain a rubber composition. The rubber composition does not include an aggregate that includes at least one of the oxycellulose fibers and the cellulose nanofibers, and has a diameter of 0.1 mm or more.

The invention is directed to a process of manufacturing a three-dimensional object byproviding a support structure comprising polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) todepositing and solidifying a molten thermoplastic polymer on the support structure to form a three-dimensional preform characterized in that the support structure consists of a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and at most 20% by weight of at least one plasticizer according to formula (I), (II) or (III): R1-C(CH.sub.2OH).sub.3 (1); [R1-C(CH.sub.2OH).sub.2CH.sub.2].sub.2O (11); (R1)C(CH.sub.2OH).sub.2CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2C(CH.sub.2OH)C(R1)CH.sub.2OCH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.2OH)2R1 (III). With R1=H, CH3, C.sub.2H.sub.5, C.sub.3H.sub.7, CH.sub.2OH. The support structure can be dissolved to from the three-dimensional object.

A method of forming dual layer water soluble packets includes drawing a base film into a cavity of a mold, drawing air through openings in the base film, metering an amount of a first product of a first color onto the base film in the cavity, metering an amount of a second product of a second color onto the amount of the first product, and, scaling a lid film to the base film.

Water-soluble films, water-soluble unit dose articles, and related methods of making and using the same.

A method of fabricating a solid freeform fabrication object, includes discharging multiple liquid droplets of modeling material and multiple liquid droplets of supporting material to a stage by a discharging device, merging the multiple liquid droplets of the modeling material into a liquid droplet of the modeling material in the air and the multiple liquid droplets of the supporting material into a liquid droplet of the supporting material in the air, curing the liquid droplet of the modeling material and the liquid droplet of the supporting material on the stage to form a layered fabrication object, and repeating the discharging and the curing to laminate the layered fabrication object to manufacture the solid freeform fabrication object, wherein the discharging device stands still during at least the discharging to a boundary area of the modeling material and the supporting material on the stage.

An apparatus for hybrid manufacturing comprising a frame, a build plate that is adapted to move relative to the frame, a material pump that is adapted to pump one or more materials, a mixing head that is adapted to mix the one or more materials, a mixing hose that is in fluid communication with the material pump and the mixing head, a vacuum pump that is adapted to remove air from a mold, a vacuum hose that is in fluid communication with the vacuum pump and the mold, a vat that is adapted to retain a liquid, and a radiation source that is disposed adjacent to the vat. The apparatus prints the mold and fills the mold. A method comprising printing the mold with one or more mold materials, removing air from the mold, filling the mold with one or more primary materials, and dissolving the mold.