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US 10,093,061 B2Granted
Tagged build material for three-dimensional printing
AssigneeMakerBot Industries, LLC
InventorsAriel Douglas, Robert J. Steiner, Aric Lynn Jennings, William B. Buel, Anthony D. Moschella
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Abstract
A supply of build material such as a spool or cartridge is instrumented with a data tag that includes information about the build material. A three-dimensional printer can read the information from the tag and determine how to use the build material during fabrication of a three-dimensional object.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- providing a three-dimensional printer that includes a controller and a tag sensor;
- coupling a container of a build material to the three-dimensional printer, the container including a tag that stores at least one property of the build material and a private key to prevent use of an unauthorized build material with the three-dimensional printer;
- transmitting a message from the controller to the tag;
- signing the message at the tag with the private key to provide a signed message and returning the signed message to the controller;
- transmitting the signed message from the controller to a resource for authentication;
- when the signed message cannot be authenticated by the resource, preventing fabrication with the build material on the three-dimensional printer;
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- when the signed message is authenticated:
- determining an operational parameter with the controller for configuring the three-dimensional printer for a fabrication process using the build material based upon at least one property of the build material from the tag;
- and
- fabricating an object with the three-dimensional printer based upon the operational parameter.
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