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- Patent Title: Three-dimensional printer and methods for assembling parts via integration of additive and conventional manufacturing operations
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Application No.: US16792124Application Date: 2020-02-14
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Publication No.: US11884025B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: John Russell Bucknell , Broc William TenHouten , Eahab Nagi El Naga
- Applicant: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
- Main IPC: B29C69/00
- IPC: B29C69/00 ; B29C64/153 ; B29C64/35 ; B29C64/393 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02 ; B22F3/24 ; B25J11/00 ; B33Y40/20 ; B22F10/00 ; B22F10/10

Abstract:
A three-dimensional (3-D) printer and technique for integrating additive and non-print manufacturing operations is disclosed. In an aspect, the 3-D printer includes an energy source and a powder bed regions for selectively fusing layers of a build piece. The 3-D printer further includes a robotic arm. The 3-D printing is interrupted responsive to instructions from a controller, upon which the robotic arm may perform one or more non-printing operations using the build piece such as milling, casting, molding, pressing, and the like. Following the non-printing operations, the 3-D printing operation continues, and a resulting assembly including the build piece is produced.
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