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US 2022/0032542 A1Published application
Apparatus, system and method of operating an additive manufacturing nozzle
AssigneeJabil Inc.
InventorsWilliam MacNeish, Erik Gjovik
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems and methods of providing heat to enable an FDM additive manufacturing nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed. The heating element may include at least one sheath sized to fittedly engage around an outer circumference of the FDM printer nozzle; at least one wire coil at least partially contacting an inner diameter of the sheath; and at least one energy receiver associated with the at least one wire coil.
Claims11
A sheath heating element for a 3D printer nozzle, comprising:
- an inner diameter comprising an insulator immediately adjacent to an outer surface of the 3D printer nozzle;
- at least one heating wire wound about the inner diameter and being suitable to provide at least two heating zones to the outer surface;
- a ceramic wet winding about the at least one heating wire;
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- a protective outer diameter about the ceramic wet winding.
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