Container for an additive manufacturing system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJorge Castano, Brian L. Helterline
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Abstract
Certain examples described herein relate to replaceable production material containers for additive manufacturing systems. In an example of a replaceable production material container, an electrical storage device provides at least one production material characteristic to an element of an additive manufacturing system. In certain examples, the electrical storage device stores a range parameter for indicating a production material characteristic offset value in a plurality of production material characteristic offset values. In certain examples, the electrical storage device stores a proportion parameter for determining the at least one production material characteristic on the basis of the production material characteristic offset value.
Claims10
A replaceable production material container for an additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- a compartment storing a production material for use in additive manufacturing, the production material having a production material characteristic;
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- an electrical storage device storing:
- a range parameter associated with the production material characteristic, the range parameter indicating an offset value defining a starting value for a range of discrete values for the production material characteristic and indicating a scaling value defining an increment of each discrete value in the range;
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- a proportion parameter defining a number of possible discrete values in the range and indicating which of the possible discrete values in the range corresponds to a value for the production material characteristic.
An electrical storage device for a production material container storing a production material for use in an additive manufacturing operation, the production material having a characteristic, and the electrical storage device storing:
- a range parameter associated with the production material characteristic, the range parameter indicating an offset value defining a starting value for a range of discrete values for the production material characteristic and indicating a scaling value defining an increment of each discrete value in the range;
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- a proportion parameter defining a number of possible discrete values in the range and indicating which of the possible discrete values in the range corresponds to a value for the production material characteristic.
An electrical storage device for a production material container storing a production material for use in an additive manufacturing operation, the production material having a first characteristic and a second characteristic, the electrical storage device storing:
- a first range parameter associated with the first production material characteristic, the first range parameter indicating an offset value defining a starting value for a first range of discrete values for the first production material characteristic and indicating a scaling value defining an increment of each discrete value in the first range;
- a first proportion parameter defining a number of possible discrete values in the first range and indicating which of the possible discrete values in the first range corresponds to a value for the production material characteristic;
- a second range parameter associated with the second production material characteristic, the second range parameter indicating an offset value defining a starting value for a second range of discrete values for the second production material characteristic and indicating a scaling value defining an increment of each discrete value in the second range;
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- a second proportion parameter defining a number of possible discrete values in the second range and indicating which of the possible discrete values in the second range corresponds to a value for the production material characteristic.
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