Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for providing three-dimensional object structural support with a multi-nozzle extruder
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Application No.: US16142702Application Date: 2018-09-26
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Publication No.: US11884011B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: David A Mantell , Jason O'Neil , Christopher G. Lynn , Peter J. Nystrom
- Applicant: Xerox Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Norwalk
- Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee: Xerox Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Norwalk
- Agency: Maginot Moore & Beck LLP
- Main IPC: B29C64/40
- IPC: B29C64/40 ; B29C64/209 ; B29C64/393 ; B29C64/118 ; B33Y50/02 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00
Abstract:
A method of operating a multi-nozzle extruder in an additive manufacturing system enables support structure to be formed while an object is also being formed. The method includes opening more than one nozzle in the multi-nozzle extruder, and operating an actuator with a controller to move the multi-nozzle extruder along a path to form a first group of multiple parallel ribbons of support structure simultaneously with material extruded from the more than one open nozzle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094474A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT STRUCTURAL SUPPORT WITH A MULTI-NOZZLE EXTRUDER Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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