Invention Publication
- Patent Title: METHODS FOR CLEANING AND POST-CURING ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS
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Application No.: US18050802Application Date: 2022-10-28
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Publication No.: US20230191702A1Publication Date: 2023-06-22
- Inventor: Viswanath Meenakshisundaram , Srinivas Kaza , Chunhua Li , Lance Robert Pickens , Shawn Stromenger , Jun Sato , Siobhan O'Leary , Peter Webber , Brett E. Kelly , Jennifer Chavez
- Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: B29C64/35
- IPC: B29C64/35 ; B29C35/08 ; B33Y40/20

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of additively manufactured objects on a rotor, the plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon. The method can include removing the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects by rotating the plurality of additively manufactured objects via the rotor. The method can further include applying energy to the plurality of additively manufactured objects to cure a portion of each additively manufactured object while the plurality of additively manufactured objects are on the rotor.
Public/Granted literature
- US11945166B2 Methods for cleaning and post-curing additively manufactured objects Public/Granted day:2024-04-02
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