Fabricating a three-dimensional object
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid A. Champion, James Elmer Abbott, JR.
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In one example, a method of fabricating a three-dimensional object includes depositing a layer of build material, depositing a coalescing agent onto the layer of build material according to a slice of three-dimensional model data, irradiating the coalescing agent with microwave radiation such that the coalescing agent converts the microwave radiation into heat to coalesce the build material in which the coalescing agent was deposited.
Claims15
A method of fabricating a three-dimensional object, comprising:
- depositing a layer of build material;
- depositing a coalescing agent onto the layer of build material according to a slice of three-dimensional model data;
- and
- irradiating the coalescing agent with microwave radiation such that the coalescing agent converts the microwave radiation into heat to coalesce the build material in which the coalescing agent was deposited.
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- an additive manufacturing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a coalescing agent depositor;
- and
- a microwave radiation source;
- the processor to control the coalescing agent depositor to deposit a coalescing agent onto a layer of build material according to three-dimensional model data;
- and
- the processor to control the microwave radiation source to irradiate the coalescing agent with microwave radiation such that the coalescing agent converts the microwave radiation into heat to coalesce the build material in which the coalescing agent was deposited.
An apparatus to generate a three-dimensional object, comprising:
- a coalescing agent depositor;
- a microwave radiation source;
- a processor;
- and
- a data storage device communicatively coupled to the processor;
- the processor to execute computer code to control the coalescing agent depositor to deposit an amount of coalescing agent onto a layer of build material according to a three-dimensional model data stored in the data storage device, the build material being transparent to the microwave radiation source;
- and
- the processor to execute computer code to control the microwave radiation source to irradiate the coalescing agent such that the coalescing agent converts the microwave radiation into heat to coalesce the build material in which the coalescing agent was deposited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.