Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Magnetohydrodynamic deposition of metal in manufacturing
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Application No.: US15451260Application Date: 2017-03-06
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Publication No.: US10201854B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Emanuel Michael Sachs , Mark Gardner Gibson , Paul A. Hoisington , Richard Remo Fontana
- Applicant: Desktop Metal, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Burlington
- Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Desktop Metal, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Burlington
- Agency: Strategic Patents, P.C.
- Main IPC: B33Y50/00
- IPC: B33Y50/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B05B5/025 ; B22F3/115 ; B22F3/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to applying magnetohydrodynamic forces to liquid metal to eject liquid metal along a controlled pattern, such as a controlled three-dimensional pattern as part of additive manufacturing of an object. The magnetohydrodynamic force can be pulsed to eject droplets of the liquid metal to provide control over accuracy of the object being fabricated. The pulsations can be applied in fluid chambers having high resonance frequencies such that droplet ejection can be effectively controlled over a wide range of frequencies, including high frequencies suitable for liquid metal ejection at rates suitable for commercially viable three-dimensional fabrication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170252821A1 MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC DEPOSITION OF METAL IN MANUFACTURING Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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