US 2023/0054376 A1 · METHODS, MATERIALS AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ADVANCED STRUCTURES AND ROADWAYS

Abstract

The present disclosure provides various aspects for mobile and automated processing utilizing additive manufacturing and the methods for their utilization. In some examples, discrete material formats for use in an Additive Manufacturing Array are disclosed. Methods of using the additive manufacturing robot, discrete materials, and the roadways produced with the additive manufacturing robot are provided. A combined function Addibot, with Additive Manufacturing capabilities, cleaning capabilities, line painting capabilities and seal coating capabilities which may be used in concert with a camera equipped aerial drone for design and characterization function is described.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An additive material array system comprising:

an array of deposition elements;
a storage element that feeds the array of deposition elements;
a thermal control element that maintains a temperature of the storage element;
and
a local heating system that provides energy to a discrete material element while the discrete material element is released by an element of the array of deposition elements, and wherein the discrete material element comprises an inner core, a first coating layer comprising an adhesive, and a second coating layer surrounding the first coating layer, wherein the second coating layer prevents the discrete material element from binding to surrounding material while it is in storage.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/981,468Filed 6 Nov 2022

Priority

15 Apr 2015

Published

23 Feb 2023

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

E01C 19/17
For applying or spreading liquid materials, e.g. bitumen slurries: application by spraying or throwing
G05D 1/0094
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots: involving pointing a…
B33Y 10/00
Processes of additive manufacturing
B33Y 30/00
Apparatus for additive manufacturing

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