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公开(公告)号:US11124961B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-21
申请号:US16188892
申请日:2018-11-13
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: S. Scott Crump , J. Samuel Batchelder , Susan M Hayes Jacobson
IPC: E04B1/35 , B28B1/00 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/118 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y70/00 , B33Y80/00 , D04B15/48 , D04B15/66
Abstract: A large-scale additive manufacturing system for printing a structure includes an extrusion system and a knitting system. The extrusion system includes a nozzle configured to receive a supply of structural material and to selectively dispense the structural material in flowable form, and a first gantry configured to move the nozzle along toolpaths defined according to a structure to be printed such that structural material may be dispensed along the toolpaths to print a series of structural layers, wherein the series of structural layers bond together to form all or a portion of the structure. The knitting system includes a tow feeder configured to feed a supply of tow material to a location proximate a current course of loops extending above an upper surface of a current structural layer or extending above a base surface in regions where no structural layer has been printed, and a hooking device configured to engage the tow material and bring it through the current course of loops to form a subsequent course of loops interwoven with the current course of loops. A controller is configured to operate the knitting system to form additional subsequent courses of loops each interwoven with a current course of loops after each of the series of structural layers are printed, wherein the interwoven courses of loops create a reinforcement network of knitted loops embedded in the structure, and wherein the series of structural layers are tied together.
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公开(公告)号:US10889044B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-12
申请号:US16245710
申请日:2019-01-11
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder , S. Scott Crump
IPC: B29C48/30 , B29C48/05 , B29C64/209 , B29C48/92 , B29C64/106 , B33Y70/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y30/00
Abstract: A method of producing a part printed in a layer-wise manner includes providing a pre-fabricated starter piece with a first course of loops and printing a layer of a part by extruding one or more flowable thermoplastic materials about the existing course of loops such that an upper surface of the layer is at a selected height on the existing course of loops. The method includes knitting a next course of loops to the existing course of loops to form a portion of an internal woven reinforcement network, and printing a next layer of the part by extruding one or more flowable thermoplastic materials about the next course of loops such that an upper surface of the next layer is at a selected height on the next course of loops, wherein the next course of loops extends above the structure being printed and may function as an existing course of loops for subsequent knitting steps. The method includes repeating the knitting and printing steps to create an internal woven reinforcement network within the printed part until the part is completed. The starter piece and the course of loops extending from the second end of the completed part are engaged and heated to a temperature where the material is flowable. The reinforcement network is then placed into tension by applying a force to pull the starter piece and the course of loops in opposite directions from each other. The part is cooled to a temperature where the thermoplastic material solidifies such that the internal woven structure remains in tension.
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公开(公告)号:US20200223121A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-16
申请号:US16245710
申请日:2019-01-11
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder , S. Scott Crump
IPC: B29C48/30 , B29C48/05 , B29C64/209
Abstract: A method of producing a part printed in a layer-wise manner includes providing a pre-fabricated starter piece with a first course of loops and printing a layer of a part by extruding one or more flowable thermoplastic materials about the existing course of loops such that an upper surface of the layer is at a selected height on the existing course of loops. The method includes knitting a next course of loops to the existing course of loops to form a portion of an internal woven reinforcement network, and printing a next layer of the part by extruding one or more flowable thermoplastic materials about the next course of loops such that an upper surface of the next layer is at a selected height on the next course of loops, wherein the next course of loops extends above the structure being printed and may function as an existing course of loops for subsequent knitting steps. The method includes repeating the knitting and printing steps to create an internal woven reinforcement network within the printed part until the part is completed. The starter piece and the course of loops extending from the second end of the completed part are engaged and heated to a temperature where the material is flowable. The reinforcement network is then placed into tension by applying a force to pull the starter piece and the course of loops in opposite directions from each other. The part is cooled to a temperature where the thermoplastic material solidifies such that the internal woven structure remains in tension.
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公开(公告)号:US10369776B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15386912
申请日:2016-12-21
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
IPC: B29C67/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , G01F1/66 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/20 , B29C64/209
Abstract: An additive manufacturing system that retains a print head for printing a three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner using an additive manufacturing technique, where the retained print head is configured to receive a consumable material, melt the consumable material, and extrude the molten material. The system also includes a velocimetry assembly configured to determine flow rates of the molten material, and a controller assembly configured to manage the extrusion of the molten material from the print head, and to receive signals from the velocimetry assembly relating to the determined flow rates.
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公开(公告)号:US10272665B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-30
申请号:US15420771
申请日:2017-01-31
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder , William J. Swanson , S. Scott Crump
IPC: B29C47/06 , D01D5/253 , D01D5/42 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y70/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29C47/00 , B29C69/00 , B32B38/00 , B32B38/18 , B29C47/82 , B29C47/88 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/386 , B33Y10/00 , B32B38/04 , B29L7/00 , B29K101/12
Abstract: A consumable material for use in an extrusion-based digital manufacturing system, the consumable material comprising a length and a cross-sectional profile of at least a portion of the length that is axially asymmetric. The cross-sectional profile is configured to provide a response time with a non-cylindrical liquefier of the extrusion-based digital manufacturing system that is faster than a response time achievable with a cylindrical filament in a cylindrical liquefier for a same thermally limited, maximum volumetric flow rate.
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公开(公告)号:US10201931B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-12
申请号:US14046323
申请日:2013-10-04
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder , William J. Swanson , Kevin C. Johnson
IPC: B29C69/00 , B29C64/386 , B29C64/106 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y10/00 , B29L9/00
Abstract: A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a rigid member having a gap, a liquefier tube operably disposed in the gap, one or more heater assemblies disposed in the gap in contact with the liquefier tube, and configured to heat the liquefier tube in a zone-by-zone manner, preferably one or more thermal resistors disposed in the gap between the rigid member and the heater assemblies, and preferably one or more sensors configured to operably measure pressure within the liquefier tube. The one or more heater assemblies may be operated to provide dynamic heat flow control.
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公开(公告)号:US10011071B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-03
申请号:US15714871
申请日:2017-09-25
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
IPC: B29C64/393 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/264 , B29K105/00
CPC classification number: B29C64/393 , B29C64/141 , B29C64/147 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/264 , B29C64/295 , B29K2105/251 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , G03G15/1625 , G03G15/224 , G03G15/24 , G03G15/5062 , G03G2215/1695
Abstract: A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system includes providing a bitslice stack having a plurality of bitslices and printing a plurality of successive layers of the three-dimensional part with the additive manufacturing system based on the bitslices in the bitslice stack. The method includes measuring density of the three-dimensional part under construction near an intermediate build surface after one or more of the successive layers are printed. The method includes determining differences across the intermediate build surface of the measured density to a targeted density to identify one or more density error regions across the intermediate build surface, wherein the density error regions comprise low density regions, and modifying the bitslice stack to compensate for the one or more density error regions.
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公开(公告)号:US09902588B2
公开(公告)日:2018-02-27
申请号:US14626349
申请日:2015-02-19
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: Dominic F. Mannella , William J. Swanson , Kevin C. Johnson , J. Samuel Batchelder
Abstract: A payout tube for enabling payout of a consumable filament from a consumable assembly that is configured for use with an additive manufacturing system, the payout tube comprising a tip end having an inlet opening, a base end having an outlet opening, and a tube body having an average effective outer diameter that is substantially greater than an effective inner diameter of the inlet opening.
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公开(公告)号:US20170232665A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-17
申请号:US15584861
申请日:2017-05-02
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder , William J. Swanson , S. Scott Crump
CPC classification number: B33Y10/00 , B29C41/46 , B29C48/05 , B29C48/07 , B29C48/2888 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/386 , B29K2025/00 , B29K2055/02 , B29K2069/00 , B29K2077/00 , B29K2079/085 , B29K2081/06 , B29K2105/0032 , B29K2105/0044 , B29K2105/0067 , B29K2105/16 , B29L2009/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y70/00
Abstract: A ribbon liquefier comprising an outer liquefier portion configured to receive thermal energy from a heat transfer component, and a channel at least partially defined by the outer liquefier portion, where the channel has dimensions that are configured to receive the ribbon filament, and where the ribbon liquefier is configured to melt the ribbon filament received in the channel to at least an extrudable state with the received thermal energy to provide a melt flow. The dimensions of the channel are further configured to conform the melt flow from an axially-asymmetric flow to a substantially axially-symmetric flow in an extrusion tip connected to the ribbon liquefier.
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公开(公告)号:US20170225402A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-10
申请号:US15581663
申请日:2017-04-28
Applicant: Stratasys, Inc.
Inventor: J. Samuel Batchelder
CPC classification number: B29C64/386 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , G01N3/08 , G01N2033/0078 , G05B15/02 , G05B19/4099 , G05B2219/49023 , G06F17/50 , G06F2217/12 , Y02P80/40 , Y02P90/265
Abstract: A method and program for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method including generating or otherwise providing strain data from a digital model of the three-dimensional part, orienting the digital model to align the directions of high tensile strain in a build plane, and printing the three-dimensional part in a layer-by-layer manner based on the oriented digital model with the additive manufacturing system.
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