Back to results
US 2021/0276246 A1Published application
Encodable material for additive material extrusion
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsLoren O. Brandenburg, James A. Mutch, Ricardo O. Brown
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A stock material for additive manufacturing includes an extrudable filament configured for use as feed-stock for a material extrusion type additive manufacturing machine. Machine code is physically affixed to the extrudable filament. The machine code includes code specifying build instructions readable by the extrusion type additive manufacturing machine for building a specific part.
Claims15
A stock material for additive manufacturing comprising:
- an extrudable filament configured for use as feed-stock for an extrusion type additive manufacturing machine;
- and
- machine code physically affixed to the extrudable filament, wherein the machine code includes code specifying build instructions readable by the extrusion type additive manufacturing machine for building a part.
A method comprising:
- receiving extrudable filament into an extrusion type additive manufacturing machine;
- reading machine code physically affixed to the extrudable filament, wherein the machine code includes code specifying build instructions readable by the extrusion type additive manufacturing machine for building a specific part;
- and
- following the instructions with an extruder to additively manufacture the specific part.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- physically affixing machine code to an extrudable filament for use as feed-stock for a material extrusion type additive manufacturing machine, wherein the machine code includes code specifying build instructions readable by the extrusion type additive manufacturing machine for building a specific part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.