摘要:
A method for physically reconstructing a body part using multi-material additive manufacturing includes receiving image data of the body part in the form of arrays of voxels, each array of voxels representing image data pertaining to cross-section of the body part, translating the image data in the arrays of voxels to printable bitmap images representing combinations of modeling materials for reconstructing the body part, and dispensing the combinations of modeling materials responsive to the bitmap images in a layerwise manner.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of solid freeform fabrication, comprising: dispensing a modeling material, a support material, and at least one additional material that cannot function as a modeling material on its own, and at least partially solidifying said modeling material, such as to form a three-dimensional object.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of solid freeform fabrication of an object, the object having a plurality of regions, the method comprising (a) inputting data pertaining to shapes of the object and each of the plurality of regions (b) for at least one region: (i) defining a plurality of sub-areas within said region and attributing a property to each sub-area; (ii) for each sub-area, selecting a modeling material and/or a modeling material combination according to said attributed property of said sub-area, thereby selecting a plurality of modeling materials or modeling material combinations; and (c) dispensing said selected modeling materials or modeling material combinations in a layerwise manner according said input data and said sub-areas so as to form the three-dimensional object.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for reusing surplus material generated by an Additive Manufacturing system in the process of manufacturing a 3-dimensional (3D) object. Surplus material removed from deposited layers and purged material used for printing head maintenance are transferred to back to the printing system to be deposited within subsequent layers. The reusable material may be deposited within the boundaries of a cross section of the 3-dimensional object to become part of 3D object or outside the boundaries of a cross section of the 3-dimensional object as part of the support construction, which is removed from the finished product. According to embodiments of the invention, a portion of the waste material for disposal may be deposited and cured layer by layer to form a waste block, concurrently with printing the layers of the 3D dimensional object. The fully cured waste block may be then disposed of in a safe manner.