- Patent Title: Magnetically coupled print head for additive manufacturing system
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Application No.: US15491436Application Date: 2017-04-19
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Publication No.: US10434719B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: William J. Swanson , Alfredo Santiago, Jr. , Joseph LaBossiere , Kevin Johnson , Nathan Joseph Knutson
- 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.
- Main IPC: B29C64/40
- IPC: B29C64/40 ; B29C64/386 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02

Abstract:
An additive manufacturing system includes a gantry configured to move in a build plane. A platen is configured to support a part being built in a layer by layer process and wherein the platen is configured to move in a direction substantially normal to the build plane. A head carriage is carried by the gantry wherein the head carriage includes ferromagnetic material. The system includes at least one print head where the print head includes a housing and one or more magnets attached to the housing wherein the at least one print head is configured to be coupled to the head carriage through a magnetic coupling between the one or more magnets and the ferromagnetic material such that the print head is configured to move rotationally relative to the head carriage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170297321A1 MAGNETICALLY COUPLED PRINT HEAD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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