Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for removing three-dimensional printed parts from a platen using inductive heating and gravity
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Application No.: US14677161Application Date: 2015-04-02
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Publication No.: US09782964B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Paul M. Fromm , Jeffrey J. Bradway , Timothy J. Clark , Jorge M. Rodriguez
- 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: B29C67/00
- IPC: B29C67/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y50/02
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object facilitates removal of the three-dimensional object from the platen on which the object was formed. The method includes rotating the platen from a horizontally level position to a position at an angle to the level position to enable gravity to urge the three-dimensional object away from the platen and inductively heating the platen to melt support material at the boundary of the object and the platen to release the three-dimensional object from the platen.
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