Abstract:
Automatic process control of additive manufacturing. The system includes an additive manufacturing device for making an object and a local network computer controlling the device. At least one camera is provided with a view of a manufacturing volume of the device to generate network accessible images of the object. The computer is programmed to stop the manufacturing process when the object is defective based en the images of the object.
Abstract:
A material deposition system for additive manufacturing including an extruder that defines a first input passage for supplying a first material, a second input passage for supplying a second material, a chamber for combining the first and second materials to form a combined deposition material, and an extrusion port for extruding the combined deposition material. The system further includes an adjustable sleeve that is movable between a first position and a second position to vary the interaction between the first material and the second material in the chamber. For example, the adjustable sleeve may be configured to separate the first and second materials in the chamber, and can vary the point at which the materials interface with each other prior to deposition based on the sleeve position. Such a system may enable a varying degree of infiltration, encapsulation, or other interaction between the first and second materials prior to deposition.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional drawing device can include a housing configured for to be held in user's hand, shaped to allow manipulation of the housing like a pen, and configured to accept a strand of thermoplastic material. The drawing device has a nozzle assembly with an exit nozzle and a motor connected to a gear train that engages the strand such that rotation of the motor causes the feed stock to be extruded out of the exit nozzle to form a three-dimensional object. The motor can be controlled using a variable speed control mechanism or first and second actuators, thereby controlling movement of the strand, for example, to advance or retract the strand relative to the nozzle assembly.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional printing head includes a housing (100), a fusing module (200) arranged in the housing (100), and a heat dissipation module (300). The fusing module (200) is disposed in the housing (100) and includes a feeding tube (210) with both ends open. A feeding inlet (211) for receiving a filament material (20) is at one end of the feeding tube (210), a supplying nozzle (220) is at the other end of the feeding tube (210), and multiple fins (212) are formed outside of the feeding tube (210). A heater (230) is disposed at the supplying nozzle (220) to heat the same for melting the filament material (20). The heat dissipation module (300) includes a fan (310) arranged in the housing (100), and the fan (310) has an inlet side (311) and an outlet side (312) opposite thereto. The outlet side (312) is arranged toward the fusing module (200).
Abstract:
A thermoplastic composite structure is produced by extruding a bead of composite material to a desired cross sectional shape. An extruder extrudes the polymer bead containing reinforcing fibers, using a low compression first extruder stage where the polymer is mixed and de-gassed, and a high compression second stage where the polymer is consolidated and extruded. The cross sectional profile of the polymer bead may be altered using a variable extruder gate.
Abstract:
The technical solution for reaching the object of this invention is as follows: a blue-ray photocuring 3D printing pen, comprising a casing, an ink cartridge located within the casing, a penpoint located on the head end of the ink cartridge and extending out the casing, a photosensitive resin placed within the ink cartridge. The blue-ray photocuring 3D printing pen further comprises a plurality of blue-ray LED arranged around the circumference of the penpoint. The photosensitive resin is capable of flowing out of the penpoint, and the blue-ray is configured to irradiate and solidify the photosensitive resin, wherein the wavelength of the blue-ray LED ranges from 465 nm to 485 nm.
Abstract:
An extrusion device has a stack of at least two layers, the stack including an outlet, an inlet for a first material, and a feed channel for the first material arranged to fluidically connect to the inlet for the first material, the feed channel having a sloped end. A method of manufacturing an extrusion device includes forming an outlet, an inlet for a first material and a feed channel for the first material having a sloped end in a stack of layers, aligning the stack of layers to fluidically connect the feed channel for the first material with the inlet for the first material and to fluidically connect the inlet for the first material with the outlet, and bonding the layers together.
Abstract:
A method (300) of additively manufacturing a composite part (102) is disclosed. The method (300) comprises depositing a segment (120) of a continuous flexible line (106) along a print path (122). The continuous flexible line (106) comprises a non-resin component (108) and a thermosetting resin component (110) that is not fully cured. The method (300) further comprises, while advancing the continuous flexible line (106) toward the print path (122), delivering a predetermined or actively determined amount of curing energy (118) at least to a portion (124) of the segment (120) of the continuous flexible line (106) at a controlled rate after the segment (120) of the continuous flexible line (106) is deposited along the print path (122) to at least partially cure at least the portion (124) of the segment (120) of the continuous flexible line (106).
Abstract:
An electrosurgical electrospinning device is presented including a reservoir having a polymer solution disposed therein, the reservoir cooperating with a dispensing apparatus configured to dispense the polymer solution from the reservoir. The electrosurgical electrospinning device further includes a plurality of nozzles connected to the reservoir, each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles including a plurality of needles and a blow-spraying mechanism for blowing gas around each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles when the polymer solution is dispensed from the plurality of needles. The gas from the blow-spraying mechanism and the polymer solution from the plurality of needles are coaxially applied directly onto tissue at voltages of less than or equal to 3 kV.
Abstract:
A three-dimensional printing head includes a housing (100), a fusing module (200) arranged in the housing (100), and a heat dissipation module (300). The fusing module (200) is disposed in the housing (100) and includes a feeding tube (210) with both ends open. A feeding inlet (211) for receiving a filament material (20) is at one end of the feeding tube (210), a supplying nozzle (220) is at the other end of the feeding tube (210), and multiple fins (212) are formed outside of the feeding tube (210). A heater (230) is disposed at the supplying nozzle (220) to heat the same for melting the filament material (20). The heat dissipation module (300) includes a fan (310) arranged in the housing (100), and the fan (310) has an inlet side (311) and an outlet side (312) opposite thereto. The outlet side (312) is arranged toward the fusing module (200).