Abstract: The present application describes apparatus (100) for colouring an additively manufactured polymer part, comprising a chamber (106) for locating at least one additively manufactured polymer part (105) to be coloured, a first reservoir (102) for containing dye pigment particles to be suspended in a gas, and fluidly coupled to the chamber, and a further reservoir (104) for containing a solvent vapour, and fluidly coupled to the chamber. A method of colouring an additively manufactured polymer part is also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 30, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2023
Assignee:
SHAWBROOK BANK LIMITED
Inventors:
Joseph Gwilliam Crabtree, Konstantin Rybalcenko, Andre Gaio, Giorgio Ioannides, Rory Evan Charlesworth, Viktor Pap-Kovacs