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US 11,969,946 B2Granted
Automated additive manufacturing device and method
AssigneeStructo Pte Ltd
InventorsHubertus Theodorus Petrus Van Esbroeck, Boyle Suwono, Harsh Gupta
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system comprising: an additive manufacturing device, said device including: a resin vessel for containing a material which is polymerisable on exposure to radiation; a build platform having a build surface arranged to have an object manufactured thereon; a radiation source; said radiation source positioned to irradiate uncured material on said build surface to manufacture the object; said device in wireless communication with a central station; said central station arranged to process data to create manufacturing files; said central station arranged to communicate said files to said device such that the device manufactures the object based upon said files.
Claims17
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- a central station at a first location, wherein the central station is arranged to receive data from a remote station, and process the data to generate manufacturing files;
- and
- an additive manufacturing device, at a second location, wherein the additive manufacturing device is arranged to communicate with the central station to receive the manufacturing files, and manufacture an object based on the manufacturing files, the additive manufacturing device comprising:
- a resin vessel for containing a material which is polymerisable upon exposure to radiation;
- a build platform having a build surface arranged to have an object manufactured thereon;
- a radiation source positioned to irradiate uncured material on the build surface to manufacture the object;
- a print capsule housing, wherein the print capsule housing is arranged to receive a print capsule that provides the material in the resin vessel and that comprises an identification tag that is arranged to provide interrogatable data upon interrogation by a reader, wherein the interrogatable data enables the additive manufacturing device to identify a set of manufacturing instructions;
- a vertical device associated with the build platform, the vertical device to control movement of the build platform;
- a curing station arranged to receive and cure the object;
- at least one washing station arranged to receive the cured object, and wash the cured object to make the object ready for use by an end user,
- wherein the curing station, and the at least one washing station are located on a rotatable tray that is arranged to sequentially rotate each station around the vertical device for receiving the object from the build platform;
- and
- a protective cover, disposed above the rotatable tray, configured to move upwards when the rotatable tray is moving, and to apply pressure on the resin vessel, the curing station and the at least one washing station when the rotatable tray is stationary.
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An additive manufacturing method, comprising:
- receiving, from a remote station by a central station at a first location, data;
- processing, by the central station, the data to generate manufacturing files;
- communicating, by the central station, the manufacturing files to an additive manufacturing device at a second location;
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- manufacturing, by the additive manufacturing device, an object based on the manufacturing files, wherein the additive manufacturing device comprises:
- a resin vessel for containing a material which is polymerisable on exposure to radiation;
- a build platform having a build surface arranged to have an object manufactured thereon;
- a radiation source positioned to irradiate uncured material on the build surface to manufacture the object;
- a print capsule housing, wherein the print capsule housing is arranged to receive a print capsule that provides the material in the resin vessel and that comprises an identification tag that is arranged to provide interrogatable data upon interrogation by a reader, wherein the interrogatable data enables the additive manufacturing device to identify a set of manufacturing instructions;
- a vertical device associated with the build platform, the vertical device to control movement of the build platform;
- a curing station arranged to receive and cure the object;
- at least one washing station arranged to receive the cured object, and wash the cured object to make the object ready for use by an end user,
- wherein the curing station, and the at least one washing station are located on a rotatable tray that is arranged to sequentially rotate each station around the vertical device for receiving the object from the build platform;
- and
- a protective cover, disposed above the rotatable tray, configured to move upwards when the rotatable tray is moving, and to apply pressure on the resin vessel, the curing station and the at least one washing station when the rotatable tray is stationary.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.