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AssigneeVelo3D, Inc.
InventorsBenyamin BULLER, Zachary Ryan MURPHREE, Richard Joseph ROMANO, Thomas Blasius BREZOCZKY, Alan Rick LAPPEN
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The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for the production of at least one desired 3D object. The 3D printer system (e.g., comprising a processing chamber, build module, or an unpacking station) described herein may retain a desired (e.g., inert) atmosphere around the material bed and/or 3D object at multiple 3D printing stages. The 3D printer described herein comprises one or more build modules that may have a controller separate from the controller of the processing chamber. The 3D printer described herein comprises a platform that may be automatically constructed. The invention(s) described herein may allow the 3D printing process to occur for a long time without operator intervention and/or down time.
An apparatus for three-dimensional printing of one or more three-dimensional objects comprising:
The apparatus of claim 1610, wherein the at least one component is a reactive agent that reacts with the pre-transformed material during the three-dimensional printing to cause detectable material damage and/or structural damage to the three-dimensional object.
An apparatus for three-dimensional printing of one or more three-dimensional objects comprising one or more controllers configured to direct performing a plurality of three-dimensional printing cycles in an enclosure, wherein each of the plurality of three-dimensional printing cycles comprises printing one or more three-dimensional object from a pre-transformed material, which enclosure comprises a first atmosphere that is different from an ambient atmosphere, which enclosure excludes the ambient atmosphere from contacting the pre-transformed material and/or one or more three-dimensional objects during the plurality of three-dimensional printing cycles, wherein the one or more controllers are operatively coupled to the enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.