METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION POWER IN SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION SYSTEMS
    21.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION POWER IN SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION SYSTEMS 有权
    用于监控固体制动系统中的电磁辐射功率的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100173096A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-08

    申请号:US12349512

    申请日:2009-01-06

    IPC分类号: B05D3/06 B05C11/02

    摘要: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for controlling fabrication of three-dimensional objects, layer by layer, the system comprising a printing assembly, including an irradiation unit and a printing head, the printing assembly is movable between a printing area and a service area. A light sensor positioned at the service area to measure output radiation power of the irradiation unit at a printing plane and a controller to receive information from the sensor and to automatically adjust electrical power supplied to the irradiation unit based on the information.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例涉及一种用于逐层控制制造三维物体的系统和方法,所述系统包括包括照射单元和打印头的打印组件,所述打印组件可在打印区域 和服务区。 位于服务区域的光传感器,用于测量在打印平面处的照射单元的输出辐射功率,以及控制器,用于从传感器接收信息,并根据该信息自动调整供应给照射单元的电力。

    Rapid production apparatus with production orientation determination
    22.
    发明授权
    Rapid production apparatus with production orientation determination 有权
    生产定位快速生产设备

    公开(公告)号:US08219234B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-10

    申请号:US12529377

    申请日:2007-03-07

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: A method of producing an object by sequentially printing layers of construction material one on top of the other, the method comprising: providing the construction material at a first lower temperature; flowing the construction material through a heated flow path in a flow structure to heat the construction material and delivering the heated construction material to a heated reservoir in a printing head; and dispensing the heated construction material from the reservoir to build the object layer by layer.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过依次印刷一层结构材料来制造物体的方法,所述方法包括:在第一较低温度下提供所述构造材料; 使建筑材料流过流动结构中的加热流动路径,以加热建筑材料并将加热的建筑材料输送到打印头中的加热储存器; 并从储存器中分配加热的建筑材料以逐层地建造物体。

    Rapid prototyping apparatus
    23.
    发明授权
    Rapid prototyping apparatus 有权
    快速原型设备

    公开(公告)号:US07896639B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-01

    申请号:US12372748

    申请日:2009-02-18

    IPC分类号: B28B17/00 B28B1/16 B29C35/08

    摘要: Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.

    摘要翻译: 用于通过依据形成物体的数据顺序地形成一层结构材料的薄层来制造物体的装置,该装置包括:多个打印头,每个打印头具有形成有多个输出孔的表面, 独立于其他孔口分配每个孔口的建筑材料; 安装打印头的梭子; 支撑面; 以及控制器,其适于控制梭子在支撑表面上来回移动,并且随着梭子移动以控制打印头,以响应于数据来分配建筑材料通过它们各自的孔中的每一个,以在支撑件上形成第一层 表面,然后依次是其他层; 其中每个打印头可从梭子上拆卸并且可独立于其它打印头进行替换。

    RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS
    24.
    发明申请
    RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS 有权
    快速原型设备

    公开(公告)号:US20090145357A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US12372748

    申请日:2009-02-18

    IPC分类号: B05C11/00

    摘要: Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.

    摘要翻译: 用于通过依据形成物体的数据顺序地形成一层结构材料的薄层来制造物体的装置,该装置包括:多个打印头,每个打印头具有形成有多个输出孔的表面, 独立于其他孔口分配每个孔口的建筑材料; 安装打印头的梭子; 支撑面; 以及控制器,其适于控制梭子在支撑表面上来回移动,并且随着梭子移动以控制打印头,以响应于数据来分配建筑材料通过它们各自的孔中的每一个,以在支撑件上形成第一层 表面,然后依次是其他层; 其中每个打印头可从梭子上拆卸并且可独立于其它打印头进行替换。

    Method and system for building painted three-dimensional objects
    26.
    发明授权
    Method and system for building painted three-dimensional objects 有权
    建筑绘画三维物体的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US09020627B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-28

    申请号:US13195667

    申请日:2011-08-01

    摘要: generating an image data for cross sectional layers of the three-dimensional object, wherein the image data includes a first set of data for selectively printing building material at a first print resolution and a second set of data for printing one or more colored additives at a higher resolution and selectively depositing the building material and the one or more additives on successive layers based on the 2D image data to produce the three-dimensional object.

    摘要翻译: 生成用于三维物体的横截面图像的图像数据,其中图像数据包括用于以第一打印分辨率选择性地打印建筑材料的第一组数据和用于在一个或多个彩色添加剂上印刷一个或多个有色添加剂的第二组数据 更高分辨率并且基于2D图像数据在连续的层上选择性地沉积建筑材料和一种或多种添加剂以产生三维物体。

    RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS
    27.
    发明申请
    RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS 有权
    快速原型设备

    公开(公告)号:US20120316669A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-13

    申请号:US13590336

    申请日:2012-08-21

    IPC分类号: G05B19/18

    摘要: Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.

    摘要翻译: 用于通过依据形成物体的数据顺序地形成一层结构材料的薄层来制造物体的装置,所述装置包括:多个打印头,每个打印头具有形成有多个输出孔的表面,并可控制到 独立于其他孔口分配每个孔口的建筑材料; 安装打印头的梭子; 支撑面; 以及控制器,其适于控制梭子在支撑表面上来回移动,并且随着梭子移动以控制打印头,以响应于数据来分配建筑材料通过它们各自的孔中的每一个,以在支撑件上形成第一层 表面,然后依次是其他层; 其中每个打印头可从梭子上拆卸并且可独立于其它打印头进行替换。

    Method and apparatus for accurate positioning of printing units
    28.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for accurate positioning of printing units 有权
    打印单元精确定位的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08278866B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-02

    申请号:US12364604

    申请日:2009-02-03

    IPC分类号: B64C17/06 G05B19/40 B41J2/15

    CPC分类号: B41J29/38 B33Y50/02

    摘要: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for accurate positioning of a unit movable by a drive system. The method may include adjusting tension of a resilient element of the drive system to reduce hysteresis motion errors of the resilient element below a predetermined threshold by performing measurements of the hysteresis motion errors of the resilient element for two or more tension values and selecting a tension value for which the hysteresis motion error is below the threshold.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的实施例涉及用于通过驱动系统可移动的单元的精确定位的系统和方法。 该方法可以包括调整驱动系统的弹性元件的张力,以通过对两个或更多张力值的弹性元件的滞后运动误差进行测量,并且选择张力值来减小弹性元件的滞后运动误差低于预定阈值 滞后运动误差低于阈值。

    RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS
    29.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20090148621A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US12372747

    申请日:2009-02-18

    IPC分类号: B05D3/06 B05C11/00

    摘要: Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.