Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Metal 3D printing systems for using sand as supports
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Application No.: US16928275Application Date: 2020-07-14
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Publication No.: US11691202B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: LiLi Zheng , Wei Yuan
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
- Main IPC: B22F10/43
- IPC: B22F10/43 ; B22F12/30 ; B22F12/41 ; B22F12/53 ; B22F10/14 ; B22F10/85 ; B22F12/00 ; B22F10/68 ; B29C64/379 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29C64/153 ; B29C64/393 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y70/00

Abstract:
A 3-dimensional printing system for manufacturing a part is provided. The system includes a building platform having a deposited pattern of metal powder, a sand dispensing nozzle selectively supplying sand to the building platform, a binder dispensing nozzle selectively supplying binder material to the building platform, a robotic arm supporting one or more of the sand dispensing nozzle and the binder dispensing nozzle, the robotic arm moving the one or more of the sand dispensing nozzle and the binder dispensing nozzle, and a processor controlling the robotic arm to position the one or more of the sand dispensing nozzle and the binder dispensing nozzle relative to the deposited pattern of metal powder and control the sand dispensing nozzle and the binder dispensing nozzle to supply powdered sand and binder, respectively, based on a Computer Aided Drafting file associated with the part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220016710A1 METAL 3D PRINTING SYSTEMS FOR USING SAND AS SUPPORTS Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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