Actuatable platens
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeremy BARRIBEAU, Adam L. HORNSTEIN, Shannon MIRANDA
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Abstract
Example implementations relate to an actuateable motor and platen. In some examples, an apparatus may include a build bucket including a platen disposed therein, a part identification mechanism, and a motor coupled to the platen. The motor may be actuateable to, after a fabricated part is completed within the build bucket, alter a height of the platen responsive to receipt of information determined by the part identification mechanism. In some examples, the information may correspond to a fabricated part disposed in the build bucket.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a build bucket including a platen;
- a part identification mechanism;
- and
- a motor coupled to the platen, the motor actuateable to, after a fabricated part is completed within the build bucket, alter a height of the platen responsive to receipt of information determined by the part identification mechanism, the information corresponding to the fabricated part.
A method, comprising:
- actuating a platen disposed in a build bucket to alter a height of the platen with respect to a build bucket floor responsive to a determination that printing of a fabricated part disposed on the platen is completed;
- receiving information regarding the fabricated part;
- and
- ceasing actuation of the platen responsive to receipt of the information regarding the fabricated part.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to:
- cause actuation of a platen associated with a three-dimensional (3D) printer responsive to a determination that a 3D printing process is complete;
- determine information regarding a fabricated part created during the 3D printing process;
- and
- cease actuation of the platen responsive to the determined information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.