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US 2024/0017501 A1Published application
Filament Connector
AssigneeFilafuse GmbH
InventorMoritz Piltz
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InventorMoritz Piltz
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The invention relates to a filament connector for connecting respective ends (1, 2) of filaments (3, 4) for the additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object in fused filament fabrication, the filament connector comprising: —at least two mold elements (5, 6) which can be put together; and—a filament negative mold (8) in which the ends (1, 2) of the filaments (3, 4), which ends have previously been melted in a melting region (24) of the filament connector, can be joined together by the solidification of the melt of the filament materials of the two ends (1, 2). The filament negative mold (8) forms the melting region of the filament connector; within the filament negative mold, the ends (1, 2) of the filaments (3, 4) can be melted by an input of heat and can be joined together by the solidification of the melt of the filament materials of the two ends (1, 2).
A filament connector for connecting respective ends of filaments for the additive manufacture of a three-dimensional object in a fused filament fabrication, with at least two mold elements capable of being assembled and with a filament negative mold, in which the ends of the filaments previously melted in a melting region of the filament connector can be connected to each other by solidification of the melt of the filament materials of the two ends,
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