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US 11,993,021 B2Granted
Liquid extraction
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsSergio Puigardeu Aramendia, Pol Morral Marti, Sergi Culubret Cortada
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Abstract
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of removing liquid from a build chamber containing build material and liquid. The method comprises starting a liquid extraction process to extract liquid from the build chamber, and determining when a predetermined threshold of liquid has been removed from the build chamber, and thereby stopping the liquid extraction process.
Claims6
An apparatus to perform a liquid extraction process to extract liquid from a build chamber containing a build material and liquid, comprising:
- a liquid extraction system to evaporate liquid in the build chamber;
- a condenser to condense evaporated liquid into liquid;
- a condensed liquid measurement module;
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- a controller to determine when to stop the liquid extraction process based on the condensed liquid.
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