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US 12,709,060 B2Granted
3D printer with the ability to print composite plastics and plastic metal and plastic ceramics compounds through additive manufacturing
AssigneeAE Intellectual Property Ltd.
InventorsAndrey P. Starikov, Pavel A. Kornedyasev, Kyrill A. Vybornov, Alexander A. Avetisyan, Maxim P. Boldyrev, Rasul M. Kishov, Eldar M. Urmancheev, Aleksandr F. Iugov, Eugene V. Shulga, Egor N. Ashcheulov
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Abstract
A 3D printer can include a frame, at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure, a heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, and a heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber.
Claims12
A 3D printer comprising:
- a frame;
- at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure;
- a heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, wherein:
- the heated build chamber is defined by a movable portal coupled to the frame and at least one corrugated insulation sheet coupled to the portal and configured to expand and contract with vertical movement of the portal, and the at least one corrugated insulation sheet comprises a composite fabric material containing aluminum and a rubberized plastic, and/or
- a top of the heated build chamber comprises a glass insulation with aluminum and rubberized plastic additives;
- a heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber;
- an extruder assembly configured to move within the heated build chamber;
- and
- at least one pellet feeder configured to feed pellets of work material to the extruder assembly.
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A method comprising:
- heating a build chamber and a print bed of a 3D printer comprising a frame, at least one panel removably coupled to the frame and defining a printing enclosure, the heated build chamber within the printing enclosure, the heated print bed defining a bottom of the heated build chamber, an extruder assembly, and at least one pellet feeder, wherein:
- the heated build chamber is defined by a movable portal coupled to the frame and at least one corrugated insulation sheet coupled to the portal and configured to expand and contract with vertical movement of the portal, and the at least one corrugated insulation sheet comprises a composite fabric material containing aluminum and a rubberized plastic, and/or
- a top of the heated build chamber comprises a glass insulation with aluminum and rubberized plastic additives;
- and
- performing a print operation using the 3D printer, the print operation comprising moving the extruder assembly within the heated build chamber and feeding, by the at least one pellet feeder, pellets of work material to the extruder assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.