METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER HAVING AN IMPROVED HEATED BUILD PLATFORM

    公开(公告)号:US20230158573A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-25

    申请号:US17455785

    申请日:2021-11-19

    CPC classification number: B22F12/17 B33Y30/00

    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) metal object manufacturing apparatus has a build platform heater that is configured with a plurality of temperature sensors and heating elements distributed throughout the heater. The signals generated by the temperature sensors are monitored by a controller and when one of the signals is outside of a temperature range around a temperature setpoint for the heater, the controller adjusts a PWM signal operating a switch that connects the heating element corresponding to the temperature sensor that generated the signal outside of the temperature range. The temperature sensors and heating elements are distributed in a plurality of cells that border one another in a contiguous pattern.

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