Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heated air system for 3D printer
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Application No.: US15237380Application Date: 2016-08-15
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Publication No.: US10265941B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Peter D. Schuller , Jordan Paul Nadeau , Joel Ordell Ostby , Shawn Michael Koop
- Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Stratasys, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- Agent Peter J. Ims
- Main IPC: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/295 ; B29C64/118

Abstract:
An apparatus and a method using the apparatus provides heated air in an additive manufacturing process for building a three-dimensional part. The method comprises providing a stream of flowable part material at an initial build level, the initial build level being positioned in and defining a horizontal plane wherein the stream of flowable material is being initially disposed on previously deposited part material. Heated air is provided at a selected temperature corresponding to the temperature of the stream of flowable part material such that the stream of flowable part material deposits on previously deposited part material in an adhering fashion thereby forming the three-dimensional part wherein the heated air is provided in the horizontal plane of the initial build level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180043632A1 Heated air system for 3D printer Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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