公开(公告)号：US20170274595A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15611320

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: Impossible Objects, LLC

Inventor： Robert Swartz ,  Eugene Gore ,  Buckley Crist ,  John Bayldon ,  Chris Wagner ,  Nicholas Tarzian ,  Evangeline Su

IPC: B29C67/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00

CPC classification number: B33Y10/00 ,  B29B15/105 ,  B29C64/147 ,  B29C64/165 ,  B29C64/386 ,  B29C64/40 ,  B29C67/0081 ,  B29C67/0088 ,  B29C67/0092 ,  B29C70/28 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y50/02

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the automated manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) composite-based objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a material feeder, a printer, a powder system, a transfer system, and optionally a fuser. The method comprises inserting a stack of substrate sheets into a material feeder, transferring a sheet of the stack from the material feeder to a printer, depositing fluid on the single sheet while the sheet rests on a printer platen, transferring the sheet from the printer to a powder system, depositing powder onto the single sheet such that the powder adheres to the areas of the sheet onto which the printer has deposited fluid, removing any powder that did not adhere to the sheet, optionally melting the powder on the substrate, and repeating the steps for as many additional sheets as required for making a specified 3D object.

公开(公告)号：US10046552B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15611320

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: Impossible Objects, LLC

Inventor： Robert Swartz ,  Eugene Gore ,  Buckley Crist ,  John Bayldon ,  Chris Wagner ,  Nicholas Tarzian ,  Evangeline Su

IPC: B29C67/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y40/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B29B15/10 ,  B29C70/28 ,  B29C64/147

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the automated manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) composite-based objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a material feeder, a printer, a powder system, a transfer system, and optionally a fuser. The method comprises inserting a stack of substrate sheets into a material feeder, transferring a sheet of the stack from the material feeder to a printer, depositing fluid on the single sheet while the sheet rests on a printer platen, transferring the sheet from the printer to a powder system, depositing powder onto the single sheet such that the powder adheres to the areas of the sheet onto which the printer has deposited fluid, removing any powder that did not adhere to the sheet, optionally melting the powder on the substrate, and repeating the steps for as many additional sheets as required for making a specified 3D object.