-
1.
公开(公告)号:US20210107063A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
申请号:US17022401
申请日:2020-09-16
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
发明人: Robb Morgan , Luke Plummer , Christopher Auld
摘要: According to some aspects, degradation of material in a sintering additive fabrication process may be mitigated or avoided by fabricating parts within a chamber that includes one or more thermal breaks. The thermal break may be implemented using a variety of structures, but generally allows material in the chamber close to the surface to be maintained at different temperatures than the material further from the surface. For instance, as a result of the thermal break, parts located within the material of the chamber that were formed earlier during fabrication may be kept cooler to avoid damage to the parts yet the upper surface (sometimes called the “build surface”) of unconsolidated material may be heated enough so as to require minimal additional energy exposure to trigger consolidation.
-
2.
公开(公告)号:US20190118472A1
公开(公告)日:2019-04-25
申请号:US16163391
申请日:2018-10-17
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/295 , B29C64/153 , B22F3/105 , B29C64/218 , B29C35/02 , B29C64/393
摘要: Techniques for improved efficiency of sintering in additive fabrication are described. According to some aspects, mechanisms for depositing and leveling source material are combined with a mechanism for heating the material. In some embodiments, one or more heating elements may be arranged to lead and/or follow a material deposition mechanism such that heat may be applied to the build region in concert with deposition of material. As a result of this technique, the heating and depositing steps may be performed closer together in time and/or heat may be applied more directly to the material than in conventional systems. As a result, greater control over material temperature may be achieved, thereby avoiding excess temperature exposure and subsequent undesirable changes to the material.
-
公开(公告)号:US12053926B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-06
申请号:US18366631
申请日:2023-08-07
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
发明人: Robb Morgan , Luke Plummer , Christopher Auld
IPC分类号: B29C64/255 , B28B1/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/25 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/295
CPC分类号: B29C64/255 , B28B1/001 , B29C64/25 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/295
摘要: According to some aspects, degradation of material in a sintering additive fabrication process may be mitigated or avoided by fabricating parts within a chamber that includes one or more thermal breaks. The thermal break may be implemented using a variety of structures, but generally allows material in the chamber close to the surface to be maintained at different temperatures than the material further from the surface. For instance, as a result of the thermal break, parts located within the material of the chamber that were formed earlier during fabrication may be kept cooler to avoid damage to the parts yet the upper surface (sometimes called the “build surface”) of unconsolidated material may be heated enough so as to require minimal additional energy exposure to trigger consolidation.
-
公开(公告)号:US20210370601A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-02
申请号:US17402914
申请日:2021-08-16
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/295 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/218 , B29C35/02 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/205 , B22F10/20
摘要: Techniques for improved efficiency of sintering in additive fabrication are described. According to some aspects, mechanisms for depositing and leveling source material are combined with a mechanism for heating the material. In some embodiments, one or more heating elements may be arranged to lead and/or follow a material deposition mechanism such that heat may be applied to the build region in concert with deposition of material. As a result of this technique, the heating and depositing steps may be performed closer together in time and/or heat may be applied more directly to the material than in conventional systems. As a result, greater control over material temperature may be achieved, thereby avoiding excess temperature exposure and subsequent undesirable changes to the material.
-
公开(公告)号:US20210339477A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US16865276
申请日:2020-05-01
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
发明人: Christopher Auld , Connor Evans
IPC分类号: B29C64/393 , B33Y50/02 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/268 , B33Y10/00 , B29C64/40
摘要: Techniques for designing and fabricating thermal support regions via additive fabrication are described. Defects produced as a result of temperature differentials within an additive fabrication device that forms parts by sintering particles of material may be mitigated or avoided by directing energy to regions around a part that is sufficient to heat the material and cause it to partially sinter, but not enough to fully sinter the material. The mechanical properties of such a thermal support region may resist the effects caused by temperature gradients. In addition, or alternatively, the heating of the thermal support region material may reduce heat lost by nearby sintered material. In either or both cases, the thermal support region acts as a kind of ‘volumetric armor’ that surrounds some or all of the part and protects the part from defects.
-
公开(公告)号:US11117324B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-14
申请号:US16163391
申请日:2018-10-17
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/295 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/218 , B29C35/02 , B33Y50/02 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/205 , B22F10/20 , B22F10/30
摘要: Techniques for improved efficiency of sintering in additive fabrication are described. According to some aspects, mechanisms for depositing and leveling source material are combined with a mechanism for heating the material. In some embodiments, one or more heating elements may be arranged to lead and/or follow a material deposition mechanism such that heat may be applied to the build region in concert with deposition of material. As a result of this technique, the heating and depositing steps may be performed closer together in time and/or heat may be applied more directly to the material than in conventional systems. As a result, greater control over material temperature may be achieved, thereby avoiding excess temperature exposure and subsequent undesirable changes to the material.
-
7.
公开(公告)号:US20190047222A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-14
申请号:US16102912
申请日:2018-08-14
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/245 , B29C64/295 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/218 , B29C64/393
摘要: Techniques for designing and fabricating thermal supports via additive fabrication are described. In some additive fabrication techniques, sufficiently high temperature differentials may contribute to any of a diverse array of part defects and failure modes. Additional volumes, referred to as thermal supports, may be fabricated along with a desired object such that the thermal supports adjusted, in a desired manner, temperatures that would otherwise be experience within the fabrication material during fabrication. For instance, the presence of a thermal support structure may serve to reduce changes in temperature experienced by the material between one or more adjacent layers during fabrication. According to some embodiments, thermal supports may be generated to be fabricated with a part so as to not be in contact with the part. Such a thermal support may reduce a temperature differential without affecting the finish of the fabricated object.
-
8.
公开(公告)号:US20240286355A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18597061
申请日:2024-03-06
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
IPC分类号: B29C64/295 , B22F10/22 , B22F10/28 , B22F10/47 , B22F10/73 , B22F12/13 , B22F12/49 , B22F12/52 , B22F12/55 , B22F12/63 , B22F12/67 , B29C35/02 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/205 , B29C64/218 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02
CPC分类号: B29C64/295 , B22F12/13 , B29C35/02 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/205 , B29C64/218 , B29C64/393 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00 , B33Y50/02 , B22F10/22 , B22F10/28 , B22F10/47 , B22F10/73 , B22F12/49 , B22F12/52 , B22F12/55 , B22F12/63 , B22F12/67 , B29C2035/0283
摘要: Techniques for improved efficiency of sintering in additive fabrication are described. According to some aspects, mechanisms for depositing and leveling source material are combined with a mechanism for heating the material. In some embodiments, one or more heating elements may be arranged to lead and/or follow a material deposition mechanism such that heat may be applied to the build region in concert with deposition of material. As a result of this technique, the heating and depositing steps may be performed closer together in time and/or heat may be applied more directly to the material than in conventional systems. As a result, greater control over material temperature may be achieved, thereby avoiding excess temperature exposure and subsequent undesirable changes to the material.
-
公开(公告)号:US20240025117A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18366631
申请日:2023-08-07
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
发明人: Robb Morgan , Luke Plummer , Christopher Auld
IPC分类号: B29C64/255 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/25 , B28B1/00
CPC分类号: B29C64/255 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/25 , B28B1/001 , B29C64/153
摘要: According to some aspects, degradation of material in a sintering additive fabrication process may be mitigated or avoided by fabricating parts within a chamber that includes one or more thermal breaks. The thermal break may be implemented using a variety of structures, but generally allows material in the chamber close to the surface to be maintained at different temperatures than the material further from the surface. For instance, as a result of the thermal break, parts located within the material of the chamber that were formed earlier during fabrication may be kept cooler to avoid damage to the parts yet the upper surface (sometimes called the “build surface”) of unconsolidated material may be heated enough so as to require minimal additional energy exposure to trigger consolidation.
-
公开(公告)号:US11745424B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17022401
申请日:2020-09-16
申请人: Formlabs, Inc.
发明人: Robb Morgan , Luke Plummer , Christopher Auld
IPC分类号: B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/255 , B29C64/25 , B28B1/00 , B29C64/295
CPC分类号: B29C64/255 , B28B1/001 , B29C64/25 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/153 , B29C64/295
摘要: According to some aspects, degradation of material in a sintering additive fabrication process may be mitigated or avoided by fabricating parts within a chamber that includes one or more thermal breaks. The thermal break may be implemented using a variety of structures, but generally allows material in the chamber close to the surface to be maintained at different temperatures than the material further from the surface. For instance, as a result of the thermal break, parts located within the material of the chamber that were formed earlier during fabrication may be kept cooler to avoid damage to the parts yet the upper surface (sometimes called the “build surface”) of unconsolidated material may be heated enough so as to require minimal additional energy exposure to trigger consolidation.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-