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US 12,280,536 B2Granted
Support structures with fluid channels
AssigneeAlloy Enterprises Inc.
InventorsAlan Lai, Alison Forsyth, Paul Titchener, Lyle Cheatham
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Abstract
Methods and systems for manufacturing a workpiece. The method described herein includes depositing at least a first sheet on a substrate, the first sheet comprising a first part region and a first support structure region separated at least in part by a first void space; and operably positioning a plate with respect to the first sheet so that the first void space forms a channel suitable for carrying a fluid.
Claims5
A method for laminated manufacturing of an object, the method comprising:
- depositing at least a first metallic sheet on a substrate, the first metallic sheet comprising a first part region and a first support structure region that is a non-object component of the first metallic sheet, the first part region and the first support structure region separated at least in part by a first void space formed by cutting the first metallic sheet;
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- operably positioning a plate with respect to the first metallic sheet so that the first void space forms a channel suitable for carrying a fluid,
- wherein a first bridge remaining after cutting the first metallic sheet connects the first part region and the first support structure region of the first metallic sheet, and
- wherein the first support stricture region conforms to the first part region and an exterior of the first metallic sheet.
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A method for laminated manufacturing of an object, the method comprising:
- depositing at least a first metallic sheet on a substrate, the first metallic sheet comprising a first part region and a first support structure region that is a non-object component of the sheet, the first part region and the first support structure region separated at least in part by a first void space formed by cutting the first metallic sheet;
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- operably positioning a plate with respect to the first metallic sheet so that the first void space forms a channel suitable for carrying a fluid,
- wherein the first metallic sheet includes a plurality of first part regions and a plurality of first support structure regions that are fluidly connected by the first void space, and
- wherein the plurality of first support structure regions conform to the plurality of first part regions and an exterior of the first metallic sheet.
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