{"id":37101,"date":"2026-09-03T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/service\/patents\/additive-manufacturing-of-foamed-plastic-components-using-supercritical-fluids\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:38:25","slug":"additive-manufacturing-of-foamed-plastic-components-using-supercritical-fluids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/service\/patents\/additive-manufacturing-of-foamed-plastic-components-using-supercritical-fluids\/","title":{"rendered":"Additive Manufacturing Of Foamed Plastic Components Using Supercritical Fluids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"patent-details\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid hero\">\n\t\t<div class=\"main-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-label\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patent-id\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExposee-Number\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4124<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row headline-line-to-end\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdditive manufacturing of foamed plastic components using supercritical fluids                                        \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In additive manufacturing, plastics are currently printed<br \/>\r\nmostly as solid or less frequently chemically foamed<br \/>\r\nmaterials. Foams offer significant advantages over<br \/>\r\nconventionally printed components. However, chemical<br \/>\r\nblowing agents limit material selection, control of<br \/>\r\nporosity, and recyclability. Physical foaming with<br \/>\r\nsupercritical fluids offers a sustainable alternative with<br \/>\r\nprecise process control, which so far has only been<br \/>\r\nrealized in conventional large-scale extrusion systems.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\" style=\"margin-left: 133px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"patent-download\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-arrow\"><i class=\"bi-arrow-left\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"download-btn green\" href=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/patents\/exposee-4\/4124_additive-fertigung-gesch\u00e4umter-kunststoffbauteile-mittels-\u00fcberkritischer-fluide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" download=\"4124_additive-fertigung-gesch\u00e4umter-kunststoffbauteile-mittels-\u00fcberkritischer-fluide.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload exposee\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"main-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro patent-details\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Subject area<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInstitute for Printing Machines and Printing Processes \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Patent number<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDE102025115505\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Contact person<\/b>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJonas Dietz & Philipp W\u00fcst\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:dietz@idd.tu-darmstadt.de\/wuest@idd.tu-darmstadt.de\">dietz@idd.tu-darmstadt.de\/wuest@idd.tu-darmstadt.de<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"tel:dietz@idd.tu-darmstadt.de\/wuest@idd.tu-darmstadt.de\">+49 6151 16-23774<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/patents\/exposee-4\/thumb-4124.png\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"main-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"main-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row intro\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 offset-lg-2 col-lg-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"docus col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"docu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"preview\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<embed src=\"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/patents\/exposee-4\/4124_additive-fertigung-gesch\u00e4umter-kunststoffbauteile-mittels-\u00fcberkritischer-fluide.pdf\" alt=\"4124_Additive Fertigung gesch\u00e4umter Kunststoffbauteile mittels \u00fcberkritischer Fluide.pdf\" style=\"height: 240px; 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