公开(公告)号：EP3074206A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-05

申请号：EP14801721.3

申请日：2014-05-22

申请人： Natural Machines, Inc.

发明人： KUO, Ching-Ju ,  HUANG, Szu-Hai ,  HSU, Tien-Ho ,  RODRIGUEZ, Luis ,  OLIVÉ, Xavier ,  MAO, Ching-Yi ,  CHANG, Chia-Ting ,  CHEN, Shih-Chang ,  SEPULVEDA, Emilio ,  DELGADO, Victor

IPC分类号： B29C67/00 ,  A23P20/00

CPC分类号： A23P30/20 ,  A23P30/00 ,  A23P2020/253 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y50/02

摘要： A 3D printer system that uses the AM method to print a product using a plurality of materials, each of which is contained in a respective capsule. The capsules are removably inserted into respective capsule holders, each of which includes a heating device for adjusting the temperature of the material, and is releasably held in one of a plurality of stations. A tool fetches individual capsules from and deposits them to their stations, and holds individual capsules for printing the product using a telescopic extrusion apparatus. A memory stores capsule-identifying data, a processor provides position coordinates for positioning of the tool, and a controller moves the tool to the position coordinates. The capsule holders include heating systems for controlling the rheological behavior of the materials based on algorithms executed by the processor.