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US 11,109,453 B2Granted
System for additive manufacturing using thin-film material
AssigneeContinuous Composites Inc.
InventorsKenneth Lyle Tyler, Ryan C. Stockett, Trevor David Budge
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Abstract
A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a structure. The system may include a feeder configured to feed a thin-film material through the system, and a cutter configured to cut out of the thin-film material a pattern associated with a shape of the structure at a particular layer within the structure. The system may also include a placer configured to place the pattern in at least one of a desired location and a desired orientation.
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A system for additively manufacturing a structure, comprising:
- a feeder configured to feed a film material through the system;
- a cutter configured to cut out of the film material a pattern associated with a shape of the structure at a particular layer within the structure;
- a placer;
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- a controller in communication with the feeder, the cutter, and the placer, the controller being configured to regulate operation of the placer to place the pattern in at least one of a desired location and a desired orientation onto a previously deposited layer of the film material to build up the structure.
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A system for additively manufacturing a structure, comprising:
- a supply reel on which a thin-film material is wound;
- a cutter configured to cut out of the thin-film material a pattern associated with a shape of the structure at a particular layer within the structure;
- a take-up reel located at a side of the cutter opposite the supply reel;
- an electromagnet located at a side of the thin-film material opposite the cutter;
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- a controller configured to selectively energize the electromagnet to generate an electric field passing through the thin-film material that moves the pattern against at least one of a print bed and an adjacent layer of the thin-film material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.