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- Patent Title: Techniques for reducing peel forces in additive fabrication and related systems and methods
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Application No.: US17479271Application Date: 2021-09-20
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Publication No.: US11945155B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Aruni Kacker , Andrew DeGonge , Garth Whelan
- Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MA Somerville
- Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Somerville
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: B33Y50/02
- IPC: B33Y50/02 ; B29C64/124 ; B29C64/393 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29C64/282

Abstract:
In additive fabrication, less stiff layers generally require a comparatively higher peel force during separation, and that therefore geometric structures that include less stiff layers will also require a comparatively higher peel force during separation. Techniques to lower or otherwise mitigate undesirably large peel forces are described. These techniques include modification to how layers susceptible to a large peel force are formed, modification to a model of a part prior to generating instructions for an additive fabrication device to fabricate the part, and/or improvements to an additive fabrication device hardware.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220088852A1 TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING PEEL FORCES IN ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2022-03-24
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