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US 2022/0024130 A1Published application
System and method for automated successive three-dimensional printing
AssigneeR3 Printing, Inc.
InventorPaul SIERADZKI
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Abstract
A system and method for autonomously creating subsequent physical objects using a 3-dimensional printer. The system includes a build platform which is ejected with a printed object adhered to it, with a replenishing mechanism to place a blank build platform into the expected build area such that printing a subsequent object may occur autonomously. The replenishing mechanism may draw from a plurality of stored blank build platforms which may be reusable in some embodiments and disposable in others.
Claims3
A print area, for accepting and subsequently ejecting an object printed thereon by a 3-dimensional printer, the print area comprising:
- a build plane;
- a replenishing mechanism located proximately and external to the build plane;
- a plurality of build platforms arranged in an order,
- the order having a beginning and an end,
- each build platform having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of walls extending therebetween,
- wherein the top surface is configured to adhere to the object;
- a holding mechanism having a perimeter,
- wherein the holding mechanism is configured to hold a build platform even with the build plane when the 3-dimensional printer is printing thereon;
- and a displacement mechanism,
- wherein the displacement mechanism is configured to eject a build platform beyond the perimeter of the holding mechanism and concurrently displace a build platform at the beginning of the order into the perimeter of the holding mechanism.
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