AMT Wins Patents for Chemical Vapor Smoothing in Europe
AMT (Additive Manufacturing Technologies – the global leader specializing in the safe and sustainable post-processing solutions of additively manufactured parts) has quite recently got its core portfolio of patents for chemical vapor smoothing granted. AMT’s patents focus on the novel and inventive apparatus, which is used in the chemical vapor smoothing of thermoplastic polymer parts produced from composite, flexible, and rigid subsets, like thermoplastic polyurethane, polyamide, and glass-filled derivatives, along with the newly announced polypropylene. Significantly, the IP enables multiple consumables to be used to process the parts, which, in turn, allows AMT to remain flexible corresponding to new regulatory requirements and material offerings. AMT’s UK patent GB2560073B, granted on 17th June 2020, and both the complimentary German utility models – 20 2017 007 255.6 and 20 2017 007 250.5, granted on 25th June 2020, provide retrospective Intellectual Property Protection to the 2017 filing date. The company is now expecting the