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US 12,611,816 B2Granted
Apparatus for making a stereolithographic object, methods for making a stereolithographic object, a method for locating the position of debris, and a method for monitoring consumption of a material for making a stereolithographic object
AssigneeZydex Pty Ltd
InventorJustin Elsey
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for making a stereolithographic object. Also disclosed herein are methods for making a stereolithographic object, a method for locating the position of debris, a method for characterizing the viscosity of the material, and a method for monitoring consumption of a material for making a stereolithographic object.
Claims8
An apparatus for making a stereolithographic object, the apparatus comprising:
- a platform for making the stereolithographic object thereon;
- a material receiving surface for receiving a material for making the stereolithographic object;
- a positioner operationally coupled to at least one of the platform and the material receiving surface and operable to change a distance between the platform and the material receiving surface;
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- a control system configured to receive force information indicative of a force applied to the stereolithographic object being made and to stop operation of the positioner when the force exceeds a maximum allowable force, the maximum allowable force being based on a determined plurality of cross-sectional areas of a plurality of formed sections of the stereolithographic object.
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An apparatus defined by any one of the preceding claims wherein a number of the plurality of formed sections is dependent on a viscosity distance of the material for making the stereolithographic object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.