Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vat-based additive manufacturing with dispensed material
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Application No.: US17247115Application Date: 2020-11-30
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Publication No.: US11110650B1Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Ben Wynne , Shirley Lee , Jamie Lynn Etcheson , Christopher Sean Tanner , Robert Lee Mueller , Ivan Dejesus Chousal , James Pingel
- Applicant: Intrepid Automation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Intrepid Automation
- Current Assignee: Intrepid Automation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: MLO, a professional corp.
- Main IPC: B29C64/135
- IPC: B29C64/135 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C64/245 ; C08K7/02 ; B29C64/209 ; B29K33/04

Abstract:
Methods of creating additive manufactured parts include providing a first composition in a vat, where the first composition is a liquid with a first viscosity. A build platform is placed adjacent to and submerged under a top surface of the first composition. A second composition is dispensed on the top surface, the second composition having a second viscosity and being dispensed in a shape area according to a part to be created. The top surface is illuminated to expose the first composition and second composition to light having a polymerization wavelength, thereby causing polymerization of at least one of the first composition or second composition. In some embodiments, the first composition is a base resin that is absent of a photoinitiator, and the second composition is a photoinitiator solution. The photoinitiator solution may have a second viscosity that is less than the first viscosity of the base resin.
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