Method for printing of three-dimensional objects
AssigneeStratasys, Inc.
InventorsEliahu M. Kritchman, Hanan Gothait, Eduardo Napadensky
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Abstract
A method for preventing detachment of a three-dimensional object from a printing tray of a printing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes printing a carpet of building material below and around the base of a three-dimensional object to be printed; and printing said three-dimensional object. The portions of the carpet that protrude out of the boundaries of the base of the three-dimensional object are coated with one or more layers of support material to help keep the carpet flexible and adhesive in texture.
Claims9
A method for improved quality printing of a three-dimensional object, the method comprising:
- dispensing one or more building materials in consecutive layers to form a three-dimensional object;
- dispensing at least one of said building materials in each consecutive layer to construct a thickening layer of building material having a predetermined thickness around the entire external surface of the three-dimensional object;
- and
- removing said thickening layer after the forming of the three-dimensional object is complete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.