公开(公告)号：US20230264427A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18173585

申请日：2023-02-23

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Paramjot Singh ,  Joanne L. Lee ,  Viswanath Meenakshisundaram

IPC: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/268 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B29C64/124

CPC classification number: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/268 ,  B29C64/35 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B29C64/124

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing objects are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for producing an additively manufactured object includes applying energy to a curable material according to a set of print parameters to form a cured material layer on a build platform or on an object on the build platform. The method can also include conveying remaining material away from the build platform. The method can further include detecting, via one or more sensors, that the remaining material includes a portion of the cured material layer that has separated from the build platform or from the object. The method can subsequently include determining an adjusted set of print parameters configured to improve adhesion of cured material to the build platform or to the object.

公开(公告)号：US20250018650A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18771688

申请日：2024-07-12

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Paramjot Singh ,  Viswanath Meenakshisundaram

IPC: B29C64/30 ,  B29C64/153 ,  B29C64/357 ,  B29L31/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y40/20 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing additively manufactured objects are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more additively manufactured objects that are at least partially covered with a precursor material, cooling the one or more additively manufactured objects and the precursor material to a target temperature, and removing at least some of the precursor material from the one or more additively manufactured objects via application of mechanical force.

公开(公告)号：US20230264428A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-24

申请号：US18173588

申请日：2023-02-23

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Paramjot Singh ,  Joanne L. Lee ,  Viswanath Meenakshisundaram

IPC: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/124

CPC classification number: B29C64/393 ,  B29C64/124 ,  B29L2031/753

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing objects are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for producing an additively manufactured object includes determining a viscosity of a curable material to be used to form the additively manufactured object. The method can include determining a temperature of the curable material, based on the viscosity. The method can further include adjusting one or more heat sources configured to heat the curable material, based on the temperature. The method can include applying energy to the curable material to form a portion of the additively manufactured object, after adjusting the one or more heat sources.

公开(公告)号：US20240091906A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18467584

申请日：2023-09-14

Applicant: Align Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Paramjot Singh ,  Lance Robert Pickens ,  Chunhua Li

IPC: B24C3/28 ,  B24C7/00 ,  B33Y40/20

CPC classification number: B24C3/28 ,  B24C7/0046 ,  B33Y40/20

Abstract: Systems and methods for processing additively manufactured objects are described herein. In some embodiments, for example, a system includes a controller configured to provide one or more control signals; a heater coupled to the controller, where the heater comprises one or more heating elements arranged to heat a blasting medium in response to the one or more control signals; a chamber coupled to the controller, where the chamber comprises an agitatable drum shaped to receive a plurality of additively manufactured objects, and to agitate the plurality of additively manufactured objects in response to the one or more control signals; and an applicator coupled to the controller, where the applicator comprises a nozzle operative to direct, in response to the one or more control signals, a plurality of thermally conductive particles in the blasting medium toward the plurality of additively manufactured objects within the agitatable drum.