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US 2023/0415416 A1Published application
Apparatus, system and method of additive manufacturing using ultra-fine jetted material
AssigneeJabil Inc.
InventorLuke Rodgers
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for additive manufacturing. The apparatus, system and method may include a solution dispenser comprising a carrier having embedded therein particles having a size of about 1-5 microns; a jet suitable to disperse the solution from the dispenser; and a tunable heat filter suitable to burn off the carrier, and make molten the particles, as the solution passes therethrough; wherein an additive manufacturing print build receives the molten particles.
Claims9
An apparatus for anti-cake material jetting for a print build, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform operations;
- a solution dispenser having a solution, wherein the solute of the solution comprises photosensitive polymers, wherein the photosensitive polymers have a size of about 1-5 microns;
- a jet;
- a tunable heat filter;
- and
- an ultraviolet actuator to provide UV light, wherein the UV light is directed to the print build;
- wherein the operations comprise:
- dispersing, by the jet, the solution from the solution dispenser;
- and
- adjusting the tunable heat filter to a temperature to (i) burn off, at least in-part, the solvent of the solution and (ii) make molten the photosensitive polymers, as the solution passes through the heat filter.
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