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US 2026/0201504 A1Published application
System and method for manufacturing a part
AssigneeGrid Logic Incorporated
InventorsMatthew J. Holcomb, Ira J. Holcomb, JR.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a manufacturing system and method for manufacturing a part. A negative powder forms a holder suitable to hold particles of a positive powder in proximity to one another. A connection scheme such as heating, the use of pressure and/or a binder, when employed, connects the particles to one another to form the part.
Claims3
1-54. (canceled)
A manufacturing method comprising:
- holding the first powder in a first powder hopper;
- directing the first powder from the first powder hopper through a first nozzle of a print head onto a substrate, the print head having a lower surface that is sufficiently near the substrate for powder to flow out of the first nozzle and stop flowing out of the first nozzle when there is no more room below the print head;
- moving the print head relative to the substrate, causing the powder to resume flow out of the first nozzle;
- holding first particles of a first powder in proximity to one another;
- and
- connecting the particles to one another to form a part.
3 more elements
56-90. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.