公开(公告)号：US20250108562A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18902485

申请日：2024-09-30

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Umesh Upendra Choudhary ,  Viswanath Meenakshisundaram ,  Masoumeh Pourali

IPC: B29C64/30 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C71/00 ,  B29C71/04 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Methods for stabilizing additively manufactured objects are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes fabricating an object from at least one curable material using an additive manufacturing process, where the object has a maximum thickness no greater than 5 mm. The method can include surrounding the object with a packing material, where the packing material spatially constrains the object to inhibit deformation of the object. The method can further include applying energy to the object while the object is surrounded by the packing material, where the energy alters at least one material property of the object.

公开(公告)号：US20240140043A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18498636

申请日：2023-10-31

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Christopher Cole ,  Brett E. Kelly ,  Bastien Pesenti ,  Masoumeh Pourali ,  Paul Hassell ,  Viswanath Meenakshisundaram ,  Peter Dorfinger

IPC: B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00

CPC classification number: B29C64/40 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for additive manufacturing of objects are provided. In some embodiments, a device for supporting an object during an additive manufacturing process includes a build platform having a surface, and a plurality of support structures extending above the surface of the build platform. Each support structure can be configured to couple to a portion of an additively manufactured object. The device can also include a plurality of actuators, each actuator being configured to adjust a position of a corresponding support structure relative to the build platform.