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公开(公告)号:US11872750B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
申请号:US18309991
申请日:2023-05-01
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan , Michael Zenou , Guy Nesher
IPC: B29C64/194 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/357 , B29C64/129 , B29C35/08 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/20
CPC classification number: B29C64/194 , B29C35/0805 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/129 , B29C64/357 , B29C2035/0827 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/20
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the fabrication of solid three-dimensional objects from liquid polymerizable materials at high resolution. A material is coated on a film non-digitally, excess material is removed digitally, by laser, leaving an image of a layer to be printed, and the image is then engaged with existing portions of an object being fabricated and exposed to a non-digital heat source. Since the only part of the process that is digital is the material removal, and this part is done by laser, the speed of printing and the robustness of the manufacturing process is improved significantly over conventional additive or 3D fabrication techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US11642202B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-09
申请号:US17493303
申请日:2021-10-04
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Guy Nesher , Ziv Gilan
IPC: A61C8/00 , A61C13/00 , C08F2/46 , C08F2/50 , C08G61/04 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/205 , A61C13/08 , B33Y70/00 , B33Y80/00
CPC classification number: A61C13/0019 , A61C13/0013 , A61C13/08 , B29C64/205 , B29C64/268 , B33Y70/00 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A three-dimensional device is fabricated in a layer-by-layer approach using a support material. The support material is deposited in a liquid form on a surface, hardened by cooling or ultraviolet (UV) curing, and selectively ablated to create an area within which the desired structure of the device will be formed. Active material is deposited into this area, and the layer-by-layer process repeated until the three-dimensional device has been completed. Thereafter, any remaining support material is removed by water or other solvent.
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公开(公告)号:US20220379560A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17819279
申请日:2022-08-11
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan , Daniel Liptz , Yuval Shai
IPC: B29C64/264 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/371 , B29C35/02 , B29C35/08 , B29C59/04
Abstract: Systems and methods that prevent oxygen inhibition of a light-initiated polymerization reaction by forcing the oxygen away from the reaction surfaces. In some embodiments, oxygen is purged by bringing a planarizing surface (e.g., a thin transparent film and/or a transparent planar surface) into contact with a layer of UV curable material disposed on a workpiece and then moving the planarizing surface away from the workpiece one the UV material is cured.
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公开(公告)号:US11478814B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US17248301
申请日:2021-01-19
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
Abstract: Systems and methods for coating a thin film with a viscous material, such as a liquid, a paste, or an adhesive, at a desired thickness. In such a system, two films move adjacent to one another, optionally in opposite directions, atop two rollers separated by a known gap that defines a coating thickness, with the material being transferred from one film to the other. The rollers may be maintained in their relative positions by springs and/or linear actuators and positioned using linear encoders. In alternative arrangements, the material to be coated could be low viscosity material such as a polymeric solution. Air knives may be provided near the gap to create an air flow that aids in preventing the free flow of low viscosity materials outside the bounds of the film during coating.
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公开(公告)号:US11440047B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17247860
申请日:2020-12-28
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
Abstract: A dispensing unit for dispensing liquid material includes a hollow reservoir for accommodating a syringe and having an elongated nipple at one end of the reservoir, a piston including a shaft disposed therein, and a bracket adapted to receive the nipple of the reservoir and the piston. The reservoir nipple provides a fluid path for liquid material dispensed from the syringe supported in the reservoir. The bracket receives the nipple of the reservoir such that the fluid path for the liquid material is oriented towards a nozzle disposed in the bracket. The nipple also has holes disposed near an end thereof, and the bracket is adapted to receive the piston oriented with respect to the reservoir nipple such that the shaft of the piston is aligned with the holes in the nipple and the nozzle. The shaft is displaceable through the holes in the nipple towards the nozzle.
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公开(公告)号:US11420397B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16911804
申请日:2020-06-25
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
IPC: B29C64/393 , B23K26/402 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/118 , B29C64/165 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/277 , B29C64/379 , B29C64/40 , G05B19/4099 , B29C35/08 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B29C64/30
Abstract: A method for solid free form fabrication includes providing a dispensing head, printing one or more support material layer(s) with the dispensing head and forming vacancies within the one or more support material layer(s), and filling the vacancies within the one or more support material layer(s) with a modeling material. The method also includes straightening the modeling material with a leveler to form a three-dimensional shaped object and removing at least a portion of the one or more support material layer(s) from the three-dimensional shaped object.
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公开(公告)号:US20220071072A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-03
申请号:US17305108
申请日:2021-06-30
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan , Guy Nesher
Abstract: In a first approach, a vacuum cell comprises a porous plate and a vacuum force generated by gas being drawn thorough the porous plate is used to pick electronic components from a donor substrate. After transport of the vacuum cell to a placing area, dots of liquid material may be deposited on a top surface of the porous plate adjacent to one or more picked components in order to disrupt the vacuum force and release the picked components onto a receiving substrate. In a refinement of the first approach, the porous plate contains a plurality of picking holes for selectively picking components. Certain picking holes can be fluidly coupled to the vacuum, allowing components to be attached within those picking holes, while other picking holes can be closed or rendered inactive with dots of liquid material deposited on a top surface of the porous plate.
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公开(公告)号:US20210129435A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US17248184
申请日:2021-01-13
Applicant: IO Tech Group, Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan , Daniel Liptz , Michael Zenou
IPC: B29C64/245 , B29C64/379 , B29C64/268
Abstract: A leveling system for a 3D printing system for laser dispensing includes inner and outer frames, each supported at its corners by respective actuators of first and second sets of actuators. The outer frame supports an optical plane within which material to be dispensed by laser irradiation is disposed. The inner frame supports a receiving medium plane within which a substrate on which said material to be dispensed by laser irradiation is disposed. Each actuator operates independently to displace a respective frame corner in the vertical direction. The inner and outer frames each is attached at their respective corners to a respective actuator by a rod, thus allowing the inner and outer frames to freely rotate with respect to one another. An additional frame may support sensors for monitoring the 3D printing system.
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公开(公告)号:US20200261191A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16774403
申请日:2020-01-28
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Guy Nesher , Ziv Gilan
IPC: A61C13/00 , A61C13/08 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/205
Abstract: A three-dimensional dental device is fabricated in a layer-by-layer approach using a support material. The support material is deposited in a liquid form on a surface, hardened by cooling or ultraviolet (UV) curing, and selectively ablated to create an area within which the desired structure of the dental device will be formed. Active dental material is deposited into this area, and the layer-by-layer process repeated until the three-dimensional dental device has been completed. Thereafter, any remaining support material is removed by water or other solvent.
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公开(公告)号:US20190283076A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16292599
申请日:2019-03-05
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
Abstract: Systems and methods for dispensing liquid materials as may be used in applications for coating flexible films and the like. Such a film may be coated by dispensing a rheological material onto its surface while drawing the film through a gap between a pair of rollers. The gap defines the thickness of a layer of the material applied to the film and is maintained at a desired width by microwires positioned through the gap. Another film across the gap from that to which the rheological material is applied aids in the coating of the layer and a contact area of the second film may be adjusted relative to the gap, e.g., when changing materials or when the coating film becomes abraded or deformed.
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