- Patent Title: Additive manufacturing roller within radiative heat transfer area
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Application No.: US16075644Application Date: 2017-04-21
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Publication No.: US11305487B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Brent Ewald , Eric Collins
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Dicke Billig & Czaja PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2017/028990 WO 20170421
- International Announcement: WO2018/194688 WO 20181025
- Main IPC: B29C64/218
- IPC: B29C64/218 ; B29C64/295 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/282 ; B29C64/232 ; B29C64/245 ; B29C64/209 ; B29C64/236 ; B29C64/194 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00

Abstract:
Some examples include a fusing system for an additive manufacturing machine including a carriage movable across a build zone along the x-axis, a thermic source mounted to the carriage, and a roller mounted to the carriage adjacent to the thermic source. A longitudinal section of an exterior surface of the roller is exposed to indirect heat from the thermic source. The roller is controlled to rotate during and outside of a spreading operation of the build material. The carriage is to maintain the roller within a radiative heat transfer area of the thermic source.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210197452A1 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ROLLER WITHIN RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER AREA Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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