Detection and use of printer configuration information

    公开(公告)号:US11886774B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-30

    申请号:US18148591

    申请日:2022-12-30

    CPC classification number: G06F30/00 B29C64/393 G05B15/02 B33Y50/02

    Abstract: The hardware and software properties of a three-dimensional printer can be queried and applied to select suitable directly printable models for the printer, or to identify situations where a new machine-ready model must be generated. The properties may be any properties relevant to fabrication including, e.g., physical properties of the printer, printer firmware, user settings, hardware configurations, and so forth. A printer may respond to configuration queries with a dictionary of capabilities or properties, and this dictionary may be used to select suitable models, or determine when a new model must be created. Similarly, when a printable model is sent to the printer, metadata for the printable model may be compared to printer properties in the dictionary to ensure that the model can be fabricated by the printer.

    3D printer with self-supporting thermal isolator

    公开(公告)号:US11858214B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17221136

    申请日:2021-04-02

    CPC classification number: B29C64/25 B29C64/295 B29C64/364 B33Y30/00 B33Y40/00

    Abstract: A build chamber for a 3D printer includes a heated build space in an interior of the build chamber and a thermal isolator configured to insulate 3D printer components from the heated build space. The thermal isolator includes a first baffle section and a second baffle section. Each of the first baffle section and the second baffle section includes an accordion-pleated panel having a length, a width, a first end and a second end, wherein the panel comprises a parallel alternating top folds and bottom folds along the width forming a series of pleats, and each pleat within the series being configured to expand and contract, and wherein the panel is constructed of a heat-resistant material. Each baffle section also includes support rods affixed to the accordion-pleated panel in parallel to the pleats and at intervals along the length of the panel, the support rods substantially spanning the width of the panel. Ends of the support rods rest on surfaces proximate a ceiling of the build chamber to support the first and second baffle sections wherein the support rods are configured to provide sufficient strength and rigidity to the panel to substantially prevent the panel from sagging or buckling as the panel is expanded and contracted along its length.

    DETECTION AND USE OF PRINTER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230222253A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18148591

    申请日:2022-12-30

    CPC classification number: G06F30/00 G05B15/02 B29C64/393 B33Y50/02

    Abstract: The hardware and software properties of a three-dimensional printer can be queried and applied to select suitable directly printable models for the printer, or to identify situations where a new machine-ready model must be generated. The properties may be any properties relevant to fabrication including, e.g., physical properties of the printer, printer firmware, user settings, hardware configurations, and so forth. A printer may respond to configuration queries with a dictionary of capabilities or properties, and this dictionary may be used to select suitable models, or determine when a new model must be created. Similarly, when a printable model is sent to the printer, metadata for the printable model may be compared to printer properties in the dictionary to ensure that the model can be fabricated by the printer.

    3D PRINTER WITH A PLURALITY OF PARTITIONED CHAMBERS

    公开(公告)号:US20230211556A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-06

    申请号:US18148621

    申请日:2022-12-30

    CPC classification number: B29C64/25 B29C64/209 B29C64/236 B29C64/245 B33Y30/00

    Abstract: A 3D printer includes a gantry configured to move in a plane and in a direction substantially normal to the plane and at least one print head carried by the gantry, the at least on print head comprising an extrusion nozzle at a bottom end. The 3D printer includes a plurality of partitioned chambers accessible by the at least one print head, each of the partitioned chambers having an upper edge defining an opening into each of the plurality of chambers, and a platen within a first chamber of the plurality of chambers, the platen configured to receive material from the print head to print the 3D part. The at least one print head is configured to be moved between each of the plurality of partitioned chambers by raising the print head in the direction substantially normal to the plane such that the extrusion nozzle is above the upper edge of the plurality of chambers, moving the print head in the plane from a first location above the first chamber of the plurality of partitioned chambers to a second location above a second chamber of the plurality of partitioned chambers and lowering the at least one print head into the second chamber.

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