PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL PARTS, IN PARTICULAR PROTOTYPES, BY DECOMPOSITION INTO STRATES, ELEMENTARY STRATES OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THE PROCESS AND MECHANICAL PARTS THUS OBTAINED

摘要

A method for making mechanical parts and objects, in particular, prototype parts and objects, from a specific computer-assisted design includes the successive steps of making the parts in elementary layers or strata, reconstructing an assembly of the layers, and assembling the layers. The layers are derived from a previous decomposition of the part along specific planes and in one or several step(s). The unit layers determined by the decomposition of the part include a central portion ( 8 ), which effectively corresponds to a layer having the shape and thickness desired for the finished part, an outer portion ( 11 ) of substantially the same thickness, surrounding at least portions of the central portion, and frangible bridges ( 10 ) linking the central portion ( 8 ) and the outer portion ( 11 ) together.