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公开(公告)号:US20210347116A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-11
申请号:US17248220
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan , Michael Zenou , Guy Nesher
IPC: B29C64/194 , B29C64/129 , B29C35/08 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/357
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the fabrication of solid three-dimensional objects from liquid polymerizable materials at high resolution. A material is coated on a film non-digitally, excess material is removed digitally, by laser, leaving an image of a layer to be printed, and the image is then engaged with existing portions of an object being fabricated and exposed to a non-digital UV curing light source. Since the only part of the process that is digital is the material removal, and this part is done by laser, the speed of printing and the robustness of the manufacturing process is improved significantly over conventional additive or 3D fabrication techniques.
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公开(公告)号:US20210339462A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US17305747
申请日:2021-07-14
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
IPC: B29C64/112 , B29C64/205 , B41M5/00 , B33Y10/00 , B29C64/268 , B41J2/14 , B05D1/02 , B05D3/06
Abstract: Laser jetting of droplets of a viscous material, such as an ink, is performed by coating a layer of ink on a mesh-like transport screen, with the ink being retained within spaces of the mesh-like transport screen. The ink-coated mesh-like transport screen is conveyed to a working area and a laser beam is used to heat the ink within the spaces of the mesh-like transport screen, thereby causing ink droplets to be jetted from the spaces of the mesh-like transport screen. Structures are formed on a receiving substrate arranged near the working area by jetting the ink droplets, either in an aggregation or sequentially, across a gap from the mesh-like transport screen to the receiving substrate and displacing the mesh-like transport screen and the laser beam relative to one another at times between the jetting of the droplets, or by directly printing ink droplets onto the receiving substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20210267067A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-26
申请号:US17247981
申请日:2021-01-04
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan , Michael Zenou
Abstract: Systems and methods in which dot-like portions of a material (e.g., a viscous material such as a solder paste) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an electronic component at a first printing unit, and the electronic component is subsequently placed onto a substrate with the portions of viscous material between the electronic component and the substrate. Optionally, a printing unit which prints the dots of material onto the electronic component includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred in the individual dot-like portions from the donor substrate onto the electronic component by the printing unit. The system may also include imaging units to aid in the overall process.
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公开(公告)号:US20210129433A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US16949113
申请日:2020-10-14
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan , Daniel Liptz
IPC: B29C64/209 , B29C64/227 , B33Y30/00
Abstract: Systems for material deposition. One such system includes a number of containers arranged relative to one another in a conical or other shape, pointing toward a common deposition point. When not actively depositing material, the containers are held at a distance from the deposition point. Another system has a rod disposed within a container and a flexible tip on the rod seals a material exit of the container when biased closed. Pressurized gas introduced into the container forces the rod away from the material exit and material from the container. In yet another system, a container includes a barrel adapter having a one-way air valve that seals the container and creates a vacuum, preventing material from leaking from the container. Upon application of a pressurized gas, the one-way valve is forced open and material is deposited from the container. The valve closes automatically in the absence of the gas.
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公开(公告)号:US10099422B2
公开(公告)日:2018-10-16
申请号:US15704575
申请日:2017-09-14
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
IPC: B29C35/08 , B29C41/02 , B29C64/393 , B29C64/40 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/118 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/165 , B29C64/379 , B29C64/209 , B29C64/277 , B29C64/268 , B23K26/402 , G05B19/4099 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B22F3/00
Abstract: A method of solid free form fabrication (SFF) is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving SFF data collectively pertaining to a three-dimensional shape of the object and comprising a plurality of slice data each defining a layer of the object. The method also comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers, dispensing a building material on a receiving medium, straightening the building material, and selectively ablating the building material according to respective slice data.
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公开(公告)号:US11865767B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US18304222
申请日:2023-04-20
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan , Guy Nesher
IPC: B29C64/147 , B29C64/112 , B29C64/364 , B29C64/223 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/386 , B29C64/35 , B29C64/268 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y80/00 , B33Y40/20 , B29L31/34
CPC classification number: B29C64/112 , B29C64/147 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/223 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/35 , B29C64/364 , B29C64/386 , B29L2031/3425 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/20 , B33Y50/00 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: Systems and methods in which a material or materials (e.g., a viscous material) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a printing unit(s). The intermediate substrate having an image of material printed thereon is subsequently transferred to a sample building unit, and the image of material is transferred from the intermediate substrate to a sample at the sample building unit. Optionally, the printing unit(s) includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the printing unit(s). Each of the printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing, heating, sintering, ablating, material filling, imaging and cleaning units to aid in the overall process.
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公开(公告)号:US20230294353A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-21
申请号:US18304222
申请日:2023-04-20
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan , Guy Nesher
IPC: B29C64/112 , B29C64/364 , B29C64/223 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/386 , B29C64/35 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/147
CPC classification number: B29C64/112 , B29C64/147 , B29C64/188 , B29C64/223 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/268 , B29C64/35 , B29C64/364 , B29C64/386 , B33Y10/00
Abstract: Systems and methods in which a material or materials (e.g., a viscous material) are printed or otherwise transferred onto an intermediate substrate at a printing unit(s). The intermediate substrate having an image of material printed thereon is subsequently transferred to a sample building unit, and the image of material is transferred from the intermediate substrate to a sample at the sample building unit. Optionally, the printing unit(s) includes a coating system that creates a uniform layer of the material on a donor substrate, and the material is transferred from the donor substrate onto the intermediate substrate at the printing unit(s). Each of the printing units may employ a variety of printing or other transfer technologies. The system may also include material curing, heating, sintering, ablating, material filling, imaging and cleaning units to aid in the overall process.
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公开(公告)号:US11629987B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-18
申请号:US17449722
申请日:2021-10-01
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Ziv Gilan
Abstract: Systems and methods for the injection/dispensing of fluid material in a volumetrically accurate and repeatable manner via an injection cell that interconnects two reservoirs of the fluid material. The injection cell has a normally closed dispensing valve that is opened for dispensing of the fluid material during a compression cycle, and closed during a return cycle. Opening and closing of the dispensing valve is effected using either or both of pressurized air and/or a motorized linkage. During the compression cycle, independent longitudinal displacements of a piston cylinder and a piston within the injection cell act to first open the dispensing valve and subsequently eject fluid material within the piston cylinder via the opened dispensing valve. The piston cylinder and piston are returned to an initial state that facilitates reloading of the injection cell from the reservoirs and closes the dispensing valve during a return cycle.
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公开(公告)号:US11590701B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-28
申请号:US17819279
申请日:2022-08-11
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan , Daniel Liptz , Yuval Shai
IPC: B29C64/264 , B29C64/245 , B29C64/106 , B29C64/371 , B29C35/02 , B29C35/08 , B29C59/04 , B33Y10/00 , B33Y30/00 , B33Y40/00
Abstract: Systems and methods that prevent oxygen inhibition of a light-initiated polymerization reaction by forcing the oxygen away from the reaction surfaces. In some embodiments, oxygen is purged by bringing a planarizing surface (e.g., a thin transparent film and/or a transparent planar surface) into contact with a layer of UV curable material disposed on a workpiece and then moving the planarizing surface away from the workpiece one the UV material is cured.
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公开(公告)号:US20230012396A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-12
申请号:US17933299
申请日:2022-09-19
Applicant: IO Tech Group Ltd.
Inventor: Michael Zenou , Ziv Gilan
IPC: B05C11/02
Abstract: Systems and methods for coating a thin film with a viscous material, such as a liquid, a paste, or an adhesive, at a desired thickness. In such a system, two films move adjacent to one another, optionally in opposite directions, atop two rollers separated by a known gap that defines a coating thickness, with the material being transferred from one film to the other. The rollers may be maintained in their relative positions by springs and/or linear actuators and positioned using linear encoders. In alternative arrangements, the material to be coated could be low viscosity material such as a polymeric solution. Air knives may be provided near the gap to create an air flow that aids in preventing the free flow of low viscosity materials outside the bounds of the film during coating.
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