Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH MOVING PLATEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER
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Application No.: US15386853Application Date: 2016-12-21
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Publication No.: US20170192382A1Publication Date: 2017-07-06
- Inventor: James Baecker
- Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; B33Y30/00

Abstract:
A method of printing a part in an electrophotographic additive manufacturing system includes printing a part and associated support structure in a layer by layer manner, and providing a chamber in which printing is performed. The chamber is supported by a movable platform and the chamber is positioned about a movable platen. The movable platen is supported by the movable build platform. The movable platen is movable within the chamber on the movable build platform. An electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system for printing a three-dimensional part includes a transfer medium configured to receive and transfer imaged layers of a three-dimensional part, and a support from one or more imaging engines. The system includes a heater configured to heat the imaged layers on the transfer medium to at least a fusion temperature, and a layer transfusion assembly configured to transfuse the imaged layers to the build platen or a previously printed layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US10882301B2 Electrophotographic additive manufacturing with moving platen and environmental chamber Public/Granted day:2021-01-05
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