3D printing system with waste collection subsystem

    公开(公告)号:US11938679B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US17848479

    申请日:2022-06-24

    申请人: 3D Systems, Inc.

    摘要: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a resin vessel, a fabrication subsystem, a waste collection subsystem, and a controller. The resin vessel is configured to contain photocurable resin. The fabrication subsystem is configured to form the 3D article with layer-by-layer selective curing of the photocurable resin. The fabrication subsystem includes a build plate, a build plate support structure, and a vertical movement mechanism. The waste collection subsystem is attached to the build plate support structure and configured to capture partially polymerized resin as the build plate support structure moves in an upward direction. The controller is configured to (a) operate the vertical movement mechanism to translate the build plate support structure to a lower position and (b) operate the vertical movement mechanism to raise the waste collection subsystem up through the resin and to a position at which partially polymerized resin can be unloaded from the waste collection subsystem.

    3D Printing System with Waste Collection Subsystem

    公开(公告)号:US20230415418A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17848479

    申请日:2022-06-24

    申请人: 3D Systems, Inc.

    摘要: A three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes a resin vessel, a fabrication subsystem, a waste collection subsystem, and a controller. The resin vessel is configured to contain photocurable resin. The fabrication subsystem is configured to form the 3D article with layer-by-layer selective curing of the photocurable resin. The fabrication subsystem includes a build plate, a build plate support structure, and a vertical movement mechanism. The waste collection subsystem is attached to the build plate support structure and configured to capture partially polymerized resin as the build plate support structure moves in an upward direction. The controller is configured to (a) operate the vertical movement mechanism to translate the build plate support structure to a lower position and (b) operate the vertical movement mechanism to raise the waste collection subsystem up through the resin and to a position at which partially polymerized resin can be unloaded from the waste collection subsystem.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-CONTINUOUS DEPOSITION OF A COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20230321917A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-12

    申请号:US18122524

    申请日:2023-03-16

    申请人: 3D Systems, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B29C64/393

    CPC分类号: B29C64/393 B33Y30/00

    摘要: Systems and processes for additive manufacturing are set forth for constructing an object by making successive discrete deposits of unitary masses of a feedstock materials at specific locations as determined by a digital data model for the object. In accordance with some embodiments, the deposits are non-continuous and performed in a sequence such that consecutively ordered deposit actions occur at deposit locations that are not physically adjacent, enabling control of thermal behaviors as a build progresses. In accordance with some embodiments, the sequencing of discrete depositing actions may be agilely rearranged to change temperatures and temperature gradients exhibited by deposited materials.