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US 2007/0168074 A1Published application
Methods for supporting substrates during fabrication of one or more objects thereon by programmed material consolidation techniques
OwnerWilliam Hiatt, Warren Farnworth +2inventors
InventorsWilliam Hiatt, Warren Farnworth, David Hembree, Peter Benson
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Abstract
Methods for supporting substrates during programmed material consolidation include securing a substrate in position over a support with a surface and, optionally, other features that receive the at least one substrate and prevent unconsolidated material from contacting undesired regions, such as the bottom surface, of the at least one substrate.
Claims33
A method for supporting a substrate during programmed material consolidation of one or more objects on or adjacent to the substrate, comprising:
- securing the substrate in position over a support surface;
- and
- preventing unconsolidated material from contacting a bottom surface of the substrate as one or more objects are being fabricated on or adjacent to the substrate by a programmed material consolidation process.
A programmed material consolidation method, comprising:
- positioning at least one substrate in a receptacle of a retention system including a raised periphery that laterally surrounds the at least one substrate;
- introducing unconsolidated material onto a surface of the at least one substrate;
- and
- programmably consolidating at least portions of the unconsolidated material.
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