MODULATING A WORKING BEAM OF AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE WITH A SOLID-STATE OPTICAL MODULATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230031852A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17385091

    申请日:2021-07-26

    摘要: An irradiation device for an additively manufacturing apparatus may include a working beam generation device configured to provide a working beam, a modulation beam generation device configured to provide a modulation beam, and a solid-state optical modulator that includes a crystalline material that exhibits a change in refractive index in response to photoexcitation of free electrons within the crystalline material. The irradiation device may include a power source coupled to the solid-state optical modulator and configured to introduce free electrons into the crystalline material. The modulation beam may cause photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material. The photoexcitation of the free electrons within the crystalline material may cause the crystalline material to exhibit a change in refractive index. The working beam, when incident upon the crystalline material, may exhibit a change in one or more parameters, such as a phase shift, attributable at least in part to the change in refractive index exhibited by the crystalline material.

    FAST LAYERED EXTRUSION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

    公开(公告)号:US20230031400A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17443808

    申请日:2021-07-27

    发明人: Brian Parrott

    摘要: An apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) printing of an object comprises a print head having at least one inlet for receiving material to be extruded and an outlet. The print head is configured, when the outlet is completely unblocked, to extrude a sheet of material of the width and height of the outlet. One or more actuators are positioned along the width of the print head and arranged to controllably block one or more sections along the width to prevent material from being extruded through the blocked sections, enabling selective extrusion of material through sections that are not blocked in order to selectively print a width of an entire layer of the object in a single pass. The print head and the object move relative to one another via one motion of the print head or of the object.

    COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING A GREEN BODY OR A PRINTED ARTICLE USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220411650A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17779009

    申请日:2020-11-24

    摘要: A composition can comprise particles comprising 5% by weight (wt %) or more, a photo-initiator, a curing agent, a dispersant, and an organic binder. The composition can be substantially solvent-free. In some embodiments, particles comprise 65 wt % or more. In some embodiments, the curing agent comprises dipropylene-glycol diacrylate. In some embodiments, the dispersant comprises a phosphate ester. In some embodiments, the organic binder comprises isobornyl methacrylate. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a viscosity from about 100 milliPascal-seconds to about 7,000 milliPascal-seconds. Methods of making a green body can comprise creating a composition, printing the green body using the composition, and curing the green body. Method of making a printed article can comprise creating a composition, printing a green body using the composition, curing the green body, heating the green body to remove the organic binder to form a porous article, and sintering the porous article to form the printed article.