BUILDING AN OBJECT WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER USING VIBRATIONAL ENERGY

    公开(公告)号:US20220219381A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17144910

    申请日:2021-01-08

    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes an ejector and a coil wrapped at least partially around the ejector. The 3D printer also includes a power source configured to transmit voltage pulses to the coil. The 3D printer includes a computing system causing one or more drops of the liquid to be jetted out of the nozzle, and a vibrational source configured to transmit vibrational energy towards the printing material. The frequency of the vibrational energy may be dynamically modulated as a 3D object is formed by the 3D printer, and may be directly or indirectly applied to the printing material or 3D object. The vibrational source may include a piezoelectric source, ultrasonic source, a focused acoustic energy source, a laser vibrational source, or combinations thereof.

    METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER HAVING AN INCREASED MATERIAL DEPOSITION RATE

    公开(公告)号:US20220212265A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17140954

    申请日:2021-01-04

    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) object printer has an ejector head with a single nozzle that is fluidly connected to a plurality of orifices in an orifice plate of the ejector head. An ejection of material through the single nozzle is emitted through the plurality of orifices simultaneously. In one embodiment, some of the orifices are oriented at an angle to a normal to the plane of the orifice plate. A splicer of the printer that generates machine ready instructions for operation of the printer identifies a standoff distance between the orifice plate and a surface onto which drops are being ejected to achieve a target drop spacing for the drops ejected onto the surface. In this manner, a material density for structure within a layer can be achieved without needing to increase the ejection frequency significantly or requiring the printer to incorporate multiple ejector heads.

    FABRICATION OF LATTICE STRUCTURES WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER

    公开(公告)号:US20220212249A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-07

    申请号:US17143007

    申请日:2021-01-06

    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) printer includes an ejector and a coil wrapped at least partially around the ejector. The 3D printer also includes a power source configured to transmit voltage pulses to the coil. The 3D printer includes a computing system causing one or more drops of the liquid to be jetted out of the nozzle, and a substrate configured to support the one or more drops and advance along a path defined by one or more arcuate contours, where the one or more arcuate contours define a first layer of a strut. One or more struts are printed from the first layer of the strut to a node of each strut. The one or more struts are printed from a first layer to a node and combine to fabricate a lattice structure including one or more vertical struts and/or one or more angled struts wherein each strut intersects with another strut at a node.

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