Robotic additive manufacturing system
AssigneeCarbon, Inc.
InventorsAllan Ovadia Horn, Derek Bruce Young, Jens Schmidt, Kenji Kokaji, Ryan J. Hollowell
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system includes: (a) a build platform dispensing assembly carrying a plurality of build platforms; (b) at least two additive manufacturing apparatus, each apparatus configured for receiving a removable build platform on which objects can be produced; (c) a build platform buffering assembly configured for removably receiving at least one build platform on which an object has been produced; (d) a cleaning apparatus; and (e) a robot operatively associated with each cleaning apparatus, the at least two additive manufacturing apparatus, the build platform dispensing assembly, and the build platform buffering assembly.
Claims12
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- (a) a build platform dispensing assembly carrying a plurality of build platforms;
- (b) at least two additive manufacturing apparatus, each apparatus configured for receiving one of the plurality of build platforms as a removable build platform on which objects can be produced;
- (c) a build platform buffering assembly configured for removably receiving at least one build platform on which an object has been produced;
- (d) a cleaning apparatus;
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- (e) a robot operatively associated with each of said cleaning apparatus, said at least two additive manufacturing apparatus, said build platform dispensing assembly, and said build platform buffering assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.