US Patent Issued to PostProcess Technologies on May 27 for "Methods and system for removal of powder from an additively manufactured part" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,603, issued on May 27, was assigned to PostProcess Technologies Inc. (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Methods and system for removal of powder from an additively manufactured part" was invented by Daniel Joshua Hutchinson (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Owen Wegman (Buffalo, N.Y.), Gary Burch (West Seneca, N.Y.), Anthony Wesley (Machias, N.Y.), Craig Ostrum (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Daniel Fuglewicz (Getzville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are disclosed for removal of unwanted material from additively manufactured parts by application of vibratory and/or acoustic energy. The system and method include a vibratory platform located in a cha...