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US 2012/0276233 A1Published application
Preparation of building material for solid freeform fabrication
AssigneeObjet Ltd.
InventorEduardo Napadensky
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Abstract
A method suitable for solid freeform fabrication is disclosed. The method comprises mixing respective amounts of a plurality of materials such as to provide a building material characterized by at least one attribute, and using the building material for fabricating a three-dimensional object.
Claims17
Apparatus for preparing a building material for solid freeform fabrication, the apparatus comprising:
- an input unit, for inputting at least one attribute of the building material;
- a control unit, configured to transmit data pertaining to respective amounts of a plurality of different materials according to said at least one attribute, said control unit being supplemented with an algorithm for determining said amounts;
- a supply unit, operatively associated with reservoirs of said plurality of materials and being controllable by said control unit to supply a respective amount of materials according to said data;
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- a container, configured for receiving said plurality of materials in which said plurality of materials are combined to provide a building material characterized by said at least one attribute.
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