Apparatus for continuous high-speed 3D printing
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAshish V. Pattekar, Warren Jackson, Anne Plochowietz, Jengping Lu, Jamie Kalb, Christopher L. Chua, Carolyn Moorlag, Eugene Beh
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Abstract
A printing system for producing at least one three dimensional (3D) printed part is described. The printing system includes a deposition system configured to continuously deposit a layer onto a cylinder to outwardly extend a diameter of the cylinder, wherein the layer comprises a first pattern. The printing system also includes a rotating system configured to rotate the cylinder, and a control system configured to synchronize the deposition system with the cylinder.
Claims20
A printing system for producing at least one three dimensional (3D) printed part, comprising:
- a deposition system configured to continuously deposit a layer onto a cylinder to outwardly extend a diameter of the cylinder, wherein the layer comprises a first pattern corresponding to an active printing material and a second pattern corresponding to a support material;
- a rotating system configured to rotate the cylinder;
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- a control system configured to synchronize the deposition system with the cylinder.
A printing system for producing at least one three dimensional (3D) printed part, comprising:
- a deposition system configured to continuously deposit a layer onto a cylinder to outwardly extend a diameter of the cylinder, wherein the layer comprises a first pattern corresponding to an active printing material and a second pattern corresponding to a support material, wherein the first pattern is defined via an optical device, and wherein the first pattern is defined in the continuously deposited layer by the optical device;
- a rotating system configured to rotate the cylinder;
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- a control system configured to synchronize the deposition system with the cylinder.
A printing system for producing at least one three dimensional (3D) printed part, comprising:
- a deposition system configured to continuously deposit a layer onto a cylinder to outwardly extend a diameter of the cylinder, wherein the layer comprises a first pattern corresponding to an active printing material and a second pattern corresponding to a support material, wherein the deposition system comprises a first subsystem configured to a continuously deposit the active material to be 3D printed and a second subsystem configured to continuously deposit at least one of an anti-sintering material or a de-binding agent;
- a rotating system configured to rotate the cylinder;
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- a control system configured to synchronize the deposition system with the cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.