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US 12,747,129 B2Granted
Series enabled multi-material extrusion technology
AssigneeMosaic Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorsMitchell Oliver Debora, Daniel Lloyd, Derek Alan Vogt
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AssigneeMosaic Manufacturing Ltd.
InventorsMitchell Oliver Debora, Daniel Lloyd, Derek Alan Vogt
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A method and apparatus are provided for producing a multicomponent feedstock being delivered through a print head of a 3D printer. Multiple component lengths are produced from separate feedstocks and are aligned to form the multicomponent feedstock which is fed into the print head for extrusion. The method includes providing at least two sources of feedstock of different material, feeding a distal end of a first feedstock along a feed path, cutting the first feedstock at a pre-determined length to provide a length of first feedstock having a proximal end. The method includes feeding a distal end of a second feedstock along the feed path and aligning the distal end of the second feedstock with the proximal end of the length of the first feedstock. The second feedstock is cut at a pre-determined length to provide a length of the second feedstock serially aligned with the length of first feedstock, to form a length of multicomponent feedstock. The length of multicomponent feedstock is fed into the print head.
An apparatus for buffering feedstock fed into a 3D printer, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for buffering feedstock fed into a 3D printer, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for buffering feedstock fed into a 3D printer, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.