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US 11,440,260 B2Granted
3D printer fresh and recycled powder supply management
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSunil Kothari, Wesley R. Schalk, Jun Zeng, Francisco Oblea, Gary Dispoto
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to 3D printer fresh and recycled powder supply management. In one implementation, a processor estimates fresh and recycled powder use and recycled powder creation by a 3D printer based on a set of print jobs. The processor may coordinate fresh and recycled powder resources based on the powder estimate and stored information about powder resources.
Claims13
A computing system, comprising:
- a storage to store information about powder resources including:
- a primary supply fresh powder amount, a primary supply recycled powder amount, a secondary fresh powder supply amount, and a secondary recycled powder supply amount;
- a 3D printer;
- and
- a processor to:
- estimate fresh and recycled powder use and recycled powder creation by the 3D printer for an incoming set of print jobs based on a set of past print jobs;
- and
- manage fresh and recycled powder resources between a primary and secondary powder supply based on the powder estimate and the stored information about powder resources;
- wherein the processor is further programmed to update an order of the set of print jobs to alter an amount of powder to be retrieved from the secondary powder supply.
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A method, comprising:
- determining, by a processor, an amount of fresh powder and recycled powder to be used for a 3D print job;
- estimating fresh powder and recycled powder use and recycled powder creation a 3D printer available for an incoming set of print jobs based on past print jobs;
- managing fresh and recycled powder resources between a primary and secondary powder supply based on the estimate of powder use and stored information related to the powder resources;
- and
- updating an order of the set of print jobs to alter an amount of powder to be retrieved from the secondary powder supply.
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A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- estimate fresh and recycled powder use and recycled powder creation by the 3D printer for an incoming set of print jobs based on a set of past print jobs;
- manage fresh and recycled powder resources between a primary and secondary powder supply based on the powder estimate and the stored information about powder resources;
- and
- update an order of the set of print jobs to alter an amount of powder to be retrieved from the secondary powder supply.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.