Multimodal motion system for additive manufacturing
AssigneeKalos Technology Group
InventorJacob Williams
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Abstract
A manufacturing system is disclosed. The system may include a tool head, a platform and a positioning assembly. The tool head may extrude a material and the platform may receive the material extruded from the tool head. The tool head and the platform may both be configured to move in an X-Y plane. The positioning assembly may be configured to operate in three operational modes. The positioning assembly may cause a tool head movement and a platform movement simultaneously in opposite directions in the X-Y plane at a same speed when the positioning assembly operates in a first operational mode.
Claims20
A manufacturing system comprising:
- a tool head for extruding a material, wherein the tool head is configured to move in an X-Y plane;
- a platform for receiving the material from the tool head, wherein the platform is configured to move in the X-Y plane;
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- a positioning assembly configured to cause a tool head movement and a platform movement simultaneously in opposite directions in the X-Y plane at a same speed and acceleration, when the positioning assembly operates in a first operational mode.
A manufacturing system comprising:
- a tool head for extruding a material, wherein the tool head is configured to move in an X-Y plane;
- a platform for receiving the material from the tool head, wherein the platform is configured to move in the X-Y plane;
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- a positioning assembly configured to operate in a first operational mode, a second operational mode, and a third operational mode, wherein:
- the positioning assembly causes a tool head movement and a platform movement simultaneously in opposite directions in the X-Y plane at a same speed and acceleration when the positioning assembly operates in the first operational mode,
- the positioning assembly causes the tool head movement in the X-Y plane and disables the platform movement in the X-Y plane when the positioning assembly operates in the second operational mode, and
- the positioning assembly causes the platform movement in the X-Y plane and disables the tool head movement in the X-Y plane when the positioning assembly operates in the third operational mode.
A manufacturing method comprising:
- providing a tool head for extruding a material, wherein the tool head is configured to move in an X-Y plane;
- providing a platform for receiving the material from the tool head, wherein the platform is configured to move in the X-Y plane;
- providing a positioning assembly configured to operate in a first operational mode, a second operational mode and a third operational mode;
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- causing the positioning assembly to operate in the first operational mode, wherein the positioning assembly causes a tool head movement and a platform movement simultaneously in opposite directions in the X-Y plane at a same speed and acceleration when the positioning assembly operates in the first operational mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.