An automated additive manufacturing device and method
AssigneeStructo Pte Ltd
InventorsHubertus Theodorus Petrus VAN ESBROECK, Boyle SUWONO, Harsh GUPTA
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Abstract
An additive manufacturing system comprising: an additive manufacturing device, said device including: a resin vessel for containing a material which is polymerisable on exposure to radiation; a build platform having a build surface arranged to have an object manufactured thereon; a radiation source; said radiation source positioned to irradiate uncured material on said build surface to manufacture the object; said device in wireless communication with a central station; said central station arranged to process data to create manufacturing files; said central station arranged to communicate said files to said device such that the device manufactures the object based upon said files.
Claims16
An additive manufacturing system, comprising:
- a central station at a first location, wherein the central station is arranged to receive data from a remote station, and process the data to generate manufacturing files;
- and
- an additive manufacturing device, at a second location, wherein the additive manufacturing device is arranged to communicate with the central station to receive the manufacturing files, and manufacture an object based on the manufacturing files, the additive manufacturing device comprising:
- a resin vessel for containing a material which is polymerisable on exposure to radiation;
- a build platform having a build surface arranged to have an object manufactured thereon;
- and
- a radiation source
- positioned to irradiate uncured material on said build surface to manufacture the object.
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The system according to claim 7, wherein the print capsule comprises an identification tag that is arranged to provide interrogatable data, and wherein the interrogatable data enables the additive manufacturing device to identify a set of manufacturing instructions.
The system according to claim 8, wherein the interrogatable data comprises information corresponding to one or more of:
- a type of resin, volume of resin, finite number of objects manufacturable from the volume of resin, and the type of object for which the print capsule is to be used.
The system according to claim 8, wherein the identification tag comprises an RFID tag, a barcode, or a QR code.
The system according to claim 8, wherein the additive manufacturing device further comprises a reader arranged to interrogate the identification tag.
The system according to claim 12, wherein the washing station comprises a washing vessel arranged to receive the object, and an agitation assembly that is arranged to create turbulence in the washing vessel.
The system according to claim 13, wherein the agitation assembly comprises a washing magnet in a base of the washing vessel, wherein the washing magnet is in magnet communication with a guide magnet beneath the washing vessel, and wherein the guide magnet is coupled to a motor and pulley system arranged to rotate the guide magnet and consequently the washing magnet.
An additive manufacturing method, comprising:
- receiving, from a remote station by a central station at a first location, data;
- processing, by the central station, the data to generate manufacturing files;
- communicating, by the central station, the manufacturing files to an additive manufacturing device at a second location, and;
- manufacturing, by the additive manufacturing device, an object based on the manufacturing files.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.