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公开(公告)号:US20200298478A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16359671
申请日:2019-03-20
申请人: Essentium Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/209 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/227 , B29C64/393
摘要: A three-dimensional printer head includes a drive motor, the drive motor including a drive shaft, a feed plate is affixed to the drive motor, and a feed hob is mounted to the drive shaft. The feed hob includes drive teeth configured to engage a filament. An idle assembly mounted to the feed plate configured to bias the filament against the drive teeth. The printer head further includes a z-axis plate assembly, wherein the z-axis plate assembly includes at least two flexures coupling a z-axis plate to the feed plate and a print nozzle mounted to the z-axis plate assembly. The printer head also includes a sensor coupled to the feed plate, wherein the sensor is configured to be triggered by the z-axis plate assembly when the z-axis plate assembly moves a given distance in a first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11731353B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-22
申请号:US17366558
申请日:2021-07-02
申请人: Essentium, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/209 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/227 , B33Y50/02
CPC分类号: B29C64/209 , B29C64/227 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/393 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02
摘要: A three-dimensional printer head includes a drive motor, the drive motor including a drive shaft, a feed plate is affixed to the drive motor, and a feed hob is mounted to the drive shaft. The feed hob includes drive teeth configured to engage a filament. An idle assembly mounted to the feed plate configured to bias the filament against the drive teeth. The printer head further includes a z-axis plate assembly, wherein the z-axis plate assembly includes at least two flexures coupling a z-axis plate to the feed plate and a print nozzle mounted to the z-axis plate assembly. The printer head also includes a sensor coupled to the feed plate, wherein the sensor is configured to be triggered by the z-axis plate assembly when the z-axis plate assembly moves a given distance in a first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20220339878A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17238557
申请日:2021-04-23
申请人: Essentium, Inc.
发明人: Jason Greene , Yasushi Mizuno
IPC分类号: B29C64/393 , B29C64/236 , B29C64/25 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/209 , B33Y10/00
摘要: A machine for producing additive printed parts includes a first print head supported on a first gantry assembly, the first gantry assembly supported within the machine and adapted to selectively move horizontally back and forth along an x-axis, the first print head adapted to selectively move horizontally back and forth on the first gantry assembly along a y-axis, and a second print head supported on a second gantry assembly, the second gantry assembly supported within the machine and adapted to selectively move horizontally back and forth along the x-axis, the second print head adapted to selectively move horizontally back and forth on the first gantry assembly along the y-axis, wherein, the first and second print heads are independently moveable along both the x-axis and the y-axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20220297375A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-22
申请号:US17835572
申请日:2022-06-08
申请人: Essentium, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/25 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/232 , B33Y30/00
摘要: A modular three-dimensional printer frame including a z-stage frame adapted to support a build platform, a damper frame connected to the z-stage frame adapted to support a print head, a mount arranged between the z-stage frame and the damper frame, and a damper arranged between the z-stage frame and the damper frame. The damper frame is mounted to the z-stage frame by arranging a first damper between a damper frame to a z-stage frame; arranging a first mount between the damper frame and the z-stage frame; and aligning the damper frame and the z-stage frame with the first mount.
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公开(公告)号:US20220288847A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-15
申请号:US17736626
申请日:2022-05-04
申请人: ESSENTIUM, INC.
IPC分类号: B29C64/209 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/393 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y30/00
摘要: A nozzle assembly for a printer head of a 3D printer includes a guide held in a fixed position relative to the printer head and extending from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. A drive mechanism extends from a feed end to a discharge end along the longitudinal axis. The feed end defines a feed opening for receiving a filament from a feed system, and the discharge end defines a discharge opening for discharging the filament from the nozzle assembly. The drive mechanism is movable relative to the guide, and the drive mechanism includes a drive surface for engaging the filament and causing the filament to move from the feed opening to the discharge opening, in response to the drive mechanism moving relative to the printer head. The nozzle assembly further includes a motor for moving the drive mechanism relative to the printer head.
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公开(公告)号:US11440252B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US16268873
申请日:2019-02-06
申请人: Essentium Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C67/00 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/386 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y30/00
摘要: A nozzle is configured for receiving and dispensing a 3D printer filament. The nozzle includes a barrel, a heating element, and an end tip. The barrel has an internal bore and an exterior surface. The internal bore has a filament receiving end and a filament discharge end. A heat break is defined in the exterior surface of the barrel. The heating element is proximate the filament discharge end. The heating element includes a heating wire wrapped around the exterior surface of the barrel. The end tip is proximate the filament discharge end. The 3D filament is received in the filament receiving end heated by the heating element and dispensed through end tip proximate the filament discharge end.
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公开(公告)号:US11225554B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US16820026
申请日:2020-03-16
申请人: Essentium, Inc.
发明人: Blake Teipel , Elisa Teipel , Matt Kirby , Ryan Vano , Mustafa Akbulut
IPC分类号: C08J3/12 , B82Y30/00 , C08L1/02 , C09D123/26 , C08F120/08 , C08L33/00
摘要: A method of manufacturing a polymer coated cellulose nanocrystal composite material begins with an aqueous cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) suspension mixture. The aqueous CNC suspension mixture is dried to remove the liquid solvent from the aqueous CNC suspension mixture to form a dry CNC powder. Diethylenetriamine (DETA) is combined with melted Maleated-anhydride Polypropylene (MAPP) to form a DETA-functionalized MAPP (MA) mixture. The MA mixture is cooled and pelletized to form MA pellets. The MA pellets, the dry CNC powder, and a neat polypropylene (PP) are combined to form a CNC-PP mixture. The CNC-PP mixture is compounded by melting, subsequently cooled and pelletized to form CNC-PP pellets.
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公开(公告)号:US20210370552A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-02
申请号:US16766533
申请日:2018-11-27
申请人: Essentium, Inc.
发明人: Iris Gisey Euan Waldestrand , Kevin Michael Holder , Bryan Scott Zahner , Alexander Stockton , Elisa Marina Teipel , Blake Ryland Teipel
摘要: A mold assembly for use in manufacturing parts includes a first and second mold halves and a mold temperature control system. The first mold half comprises at least a first mold cavity and a first coolant passage. The second mold half comprising at least a second mold cavity and a second coolant passage. The mold temperature control system is in fluid communication with the first and second coolant passages of the first and second mold half. The mold temperature control system comprises a fluid, a means to control the temperature of the fluid, and a pump to circulate the fluid through the mold temperature control system and the first and second coolant passages.
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公开(公告)号:US20210362430A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US16879850
申请日:2020-05-21
申请人: Essentium Inc.
发明人: Jason Greene , Chad Eichele
IPC分类号: B29C64/393 , B29C64/25 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/118 , B29C64/227 , B29C64/321
摘要: A three-dimensional printer includes an enclosure defining a chamber and a print surface disposed within the chamber. The printer further includes a nozzle displaceable relative to the print surface for melting and dispensing a filament on the print surface to form a dielectric part during a printing process. The printer further includes a filament drive system for supplying the filament to the nozzle, and one or more capacitance sensors coupled to the print surface. The printer further includes a controller electrically coupled to the capacitance sensors for measuring a capacitance, with the controller generating an error signal in response to the controller determining a change of capacitance when the dielectric part is displaced relative to the print surface during the printing process. The printer further includes a display device electrically coupled to the controller and displaying an error message in response to the display device receiving the error signal.
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