3D printing device and method
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsElise Claude Valentine Talgorn, Manuela Lunz
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Abstract
The invention provides a 3D printing device (500) comprising a printer nozzle (502) for depositing a material on a support structure (550) for the formation of a 3D object (10), wherein the printer nozzle (502) and the support structure (550) are arranged to be translated relative to each other with a translation speed in a translation direction (52, 62), and a vibration actuator arranged for providing a vibrating motion (50, 60) of at least a first part of the support structure (550) relative to the printer nozzle (502) in a direction different from the translation direction (52, 62).
Claims16
A method for manufacturing a 3D object, the method comprising:
- depositing a material from a printer nozzle on a support structure extending along a support structure plane that is an XY-plane, and while depositing the material:
- translating the support structure relative to the printer nozzle with a translation speed in a translation direction parallel to the support structure plane, and
- vibrating at least a first part of the support structure relative to the printer nozzle in a Z-direction perpendicular to the translation direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.