公开(公告)号：US10926462B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US15807170

申请日：2017-11-08

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Ben Wynne ,  Andrew Enslow ,  Evan Kuester

IPC分类号： B29C64/20 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B29C64/379 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B29C64/129 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B29C64/245 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/227 ,  B33Y50/02

摘要： A three dimensional printing system includes a print engine, a fluid processing station, a fixture, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The fluid processing station includes a fluid injector port coupled to a fluid source. The fixture has a lower portion with a lower face and a first fluid conduit coupled to the lower face. The controller is configured to: (a) Operate the print engine to form a three dimensional article of manufacture onto the lower face and thereby defining an internal cavity and an inlet port that couples the internal cavity to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (c) Transfer the fixture to the fluid processing station. (d) Couple the fluid injector port of the fluid processing station to the first fluid conduit of the fixture. (e) Operate the fluid source to inject fluid out of the fluid injector port and into the internal cavity.

公开(公告)号：US20210009800A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16925975

申请日：2020-07-10

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Pingyong XU ,  John Fong ,  John Stockwell

IPC分类号： C08L33/08 ,  C08L75/04 ,  C09D11/101 ,  C09D11/107 ,  C09D11/102 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B29C64/129 ,  B33Y70/00

摘要： Polymerizable liquids are described herein which, in some embodiments, can produce 3D printed articles of high resolution and desirable mechanical properties. In one aspect, a polymerizable liquid comprises an acrylate component, a polymeric additive, and a monomeric curing agent, wherein the acrylate component and monomeric curing agent are copolymerizable upon exposure to light. In being copolymerizable, the acrylate component and monomeric curing agent can form a copolymer. As described father herein, the monomeric curing agent can enable further reaction of the copolymer with one or more crosslinking species to link the copolymer with one more polymeric networks.

公开(公告)号：US10766193B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15992385

申请日：2018-05-30

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： John Michael Harris ,  Christopher Tanner

IPC分类号： B29C64/255 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B29C64/245 ,  B29C64/30 ,  B29C64/135

摘要： A three dimensional printing system includes a resin vessel, a light engine, and a fluid spill containment vessel. The resin vessel is for containing resin and has a transparent sheet on a lower side that provides a lower bound for the resin. The light engine is disposed below the resin vessel for projecting pixelated light up through the transparent sheet. The fluid spill containment vessel is disposed between the resin vessel and the light engine to capture resin that spills from the resin vessel. The fluid spill containment vessel includes a housing for containing the spilled resin, a transparent window for allowing the pixelated light to project up through the fluid spill containment vessel and to the transparent sheet, and a fluid barrier wall surrounding at least part of the clear window and configured to reduce an amount of spilled resin required to occlude the pixelated light.

公开(公告)号：US10695992B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US14980846

申请日：2015-12-28

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Jessica Lisagor ,  Andrew R Miller ,  Martin Johnson ,  Nickalaus Podgursky ,  Leigh Herran

IPC分类号： B29C70/78 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B29C64/245 ,  B29K67/00 ,  B29K667/00

摘要： Thermoplastic 3D objects are printed directly onto permeable materials with a high strength bond. The 3D object can be attached to the permeable material at one side where the bottom layer of the 3D object can be attached to the permeable material or alternatively, at an internal layer where portions of the 3D object are on opposite sides of the permeable material. In order to improve the adhesion of the 3D object to the permeable material, the bonding layer of the liquid thermoplastic material that is printed directly onto the permeable material can be deposited at modified 3D printer settings that can include a hotter than normal material deposition temperature. Additional build layers of the liquid thermoplastic material are printed on the bonding layer to complete the 3D objects.

公开(公告)号：US10589462B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15612239

申请日：2017-06-02

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Enslow

IPC分类号： B29C64/20 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29C64/245 ,  B29C64/124

摘要： A support fixture is provided for forming a three dimensional article of manufacture onto a lower build surface thereof. The formation occurs in a resin vessel containing photocurable resin. The resin vessel includes a transparent sheet that forms a lower bound for the resin. The support fixture includes a lower planar portion, an upper portion, and a side wall coupling the lower planar portion to the upper portion. The lower planar portion defines a dense array of small openings that minimize a fluid drag of lateral resin motion when the lower build surface is proximate to the transparent sheet. The upper portion is for providing alignment and support within the three dimensional printing system. A plurality of large openings formed along the side wall that individually have a cross sectional area that is equal to a combined cross sectional area of a plurality of the small openings.

公开(公告)号：US10479068B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US15467600

申请日：2017-03-23

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Patrick Dunne ,  Peter Scott Turner ,  Seth Astle

IPC分类号： B29C67/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y10/00

摘要： There is provided an additive manufacturing system comprising a vertical stage (also known as a z-stage) that moves the object being created along an axis of motion that is not perpendicular to the image plane (non-parallel to the z-axis of the image plane). By moving the build platform, upon which the additively manufactured object is being supported, along a predetermined axis of motion, such as one adapted to the dominant axis of the object design, the additive manufacturing system is capable of making larger objects, shortening build times, improving part resolution, and/or reducing the volume of photocurable material needed, among other benefits.

公开(公告)号：US10479028B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-19

申请号：US14728044

申请日：2015-06-02

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Zukoski ,  Andrew Miller

IPC分类号： A61F2/50 ,  A61F2/80 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B29C67/00 ,  B29C64/386 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  B33Y80/00

摘要： A socket for a prosthetic limb is created by making a cast of a residual limb. Marks can be applied to the interior surface of the cast to indicate the locations of anatomical features of the residual limb. The marked interior surface can be scanned and the scan data can be sent to a master fabrication center. The scan data can be modified and a master can be produced from the modified scan data. The socket can then be formed from the plastic material on the master.

公开(公告)号：US10285829B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US14709773

申请日：2015-05-12

申请人： 3D Systems, Inc.

发明人： Patrick C Dunne

IPC分类号： B33Y10/00 ,  B29C33/52 ,  B29C70/30 ,  A61F2/82 ,  A61M16/04 ,  B29C53/60 ,  B29C53/82 ,  A61F2/92 ,  A61F2/30 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  G01R33/56 ,  B29C53/58 ,  B29C64/106 ,  B29K67/00 ,  B29L31/00 ,  A61F2/88 ,  A61F2/04 ,  B29C41/14 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/107 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00 ,  B29C53/66 ,  B29C64/00

摘要： A method for creating tubular inserts is useful for creating custom fitted inserts that correspond to the anatomy of a patient and solve the problem of pressure points, wear of the implant, damage to surrounding tissue, and denting. Surface measurements of the affected portion of a patient's internal cavity are obtained. Those measurements are used to design a core. The core is 3D printed with a soluble material. The core is wrapped with a thin filament or film such that the contours from the core develop on the outer surface of the covering. The covering is hardened and the core is dissolved away, leaving a custom-made implant device that can be deposited in the patient's cavity.

公开(公告)号：US09981314B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US15362181

申请日：2016-11-28

申请人： 3D SYSTEMS, INC.

发明人： Luis N. Folgar ,  Christian E. Folgar

IPC分类号： B32B3/00 ,  B22F7/02 ,  B22F3/105 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B29C67/00 ,  H01B5/16 ,  B29K105/00 ,  H01B1/02

CPC分类号： B22F7/02 ,  B22F3/1055 ,  B22F7/08 ,  B22F2003/1056 ,  B22F2301/10 ,  B22F2301/255 ,  B22F2302/253 ,  B22F2302/45 ,  B22F2998/10 ,  B28B1/001 ,  B29C64/141 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/165 ,  B29C64/20 ,  B29K2105/251 ,  B29K2501/00 ,  B29K2995/0005 ,  B29K2995/0007 ,  B29L2031/772 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  H01B1/02 ,  H01B5/16 ,  Y02P10/295 ,  Y10T428/24851

摘要： There are provided techniques for direct printing material into parts made by additive manufacturing, such as parts made by laser sintering. The direct printed material may be a metal, elastomer, ceramic, or any other material. Further, the direct printed material is typically different than the laser sintering material. Other aspects of the invention include using direct printed materials in the laser sintered parts to improve part strength, provide multi-materials, selectively provide electrical conductivity, and/or provide other desirable features to the parts.

公开(公告)号：US09959666B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-01

申请号：US13106387

申请日：2011-05-12

申请人： Bob Tipton

发明人： Bob Tipton

IPC分类号： G06T17/00 ,  G06T19/20

CPC分类号： G06T17/00 ,  G06T19/20 ,  G06T2219/2021

摘要： The invention is directed to systems and methods for detailing a graphical 3D solid model displayed to a user. An example system includes a graphical user interface device (e.g., joystick, keyboard, stylus, roller ball, touch screen, tablet, etc.) configured to receive input from a user and transmit the input to a computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a memory for use with the computer, and a video display configured to graphically display the detailed 3D solid model to the user.