CLEANING APPARATUS
    13.
    发明申请
    CLEANING APPARATUS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190126553A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16095656

    申请日:2016-06-30

    摘要: A build material cleaning structure (150) for use in an additive manufacturing system. The build material cleaning structure comprises: a tubular portion defining a channel to pneumatically transport a build material; a rotatable head portion located at least in part within the tubular portion and comprising a cleaning element (152) extending away from an open end of the tubular portion; and a rotor assembly located within the tubular portion and mechanically coupled to the rotatable head portion to generate a torque to drive the rotatable head portion in a rotary motion in response to an airflow in the channel; wherein the rotatable head portion is rotatable in a plane that is substantively orthogonal to the airflow in the channel.

    WASTE ROUTING OF NON-FUSED BUILD MATERIAL
    19.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190134908A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-09

    申请号:US16300281

    申请日:2016-05-12

    IPC分类号: B29C64/35

    摘要: A build material management system for a 3D printing system is described in which at least a portion of non-fused build material is recovered from a collection source of the build material management system. A recyclability indicator indicative of the presence of recyclable material in the non-fused build material is determined by processing circuitry of the build material management system. A routing of the non-fused build material from the collection source to at least one of a waste port and a storage container based on the recyclability indicator is controlled by the processing circuitry. Recovered non-fused build material is output by the waste port. Recyclable non-fused build material is stored by the storage container.

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MATERIAL MANAGEMENT STATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190118475A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16096179

    申请日:2016-05-12

    摘要: An additive manufacturing material management station, comprising: a build material supply conduit (382, 582) with a build material supply connector (385, 585) to releasably connect between a management station body and a build material supply container to couple a flow of a fluid carrying a building material supply from within the supply container to the management station body; and a station data processor, wherein the supply connector comprises: a connector body; a suction nozzle (597) projecting from the connector body to form a mating fit with an outlet of a build material supply container in use; and a data communicator to provide data communication between the station data processor and a data memory chip (394) of the supply container (314).