Support structure removal system
AssigneeStratasys, Inc.
InventorsWilliam J. Swanson, Dominic F. Mannella, Ronald G. Schloesser
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Abstract
A support structure removal system comprising a vessel and a second component. The vessel comprises a vessel body, a porous floor configured to retain a three-dimensional part, and an impeller rotatably mounted below the porous floor. The second component comprises a surface configured to operably receive the vessel, and a rotation-inducing assembly located below the surface, where the rotation-inducing assembly is configured to rotate the impeller with magnetic fields when the vessel is received on the surface of the second component to agitate and direct flows of an aqueous fluid through the porous floor.
Claims8
A support structure removal system comprising:
- a vessel comprising:
- a vessel body having a top opening, the vessel body being configured to retain an aqueous fluid;
- a porous floor supported by the vessel body, wherein the porous floor is configured to retain a three-dimensional part inserted through the top opening;
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- an impeller rotatably mounted below the porous floor;
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- a second component comprising:
- a surface configured to operably receive the vessel;
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- a rotation-inducing assembly located below the surface, the rotation-inducing assembly being configured to rotate the impeller with magnetic fields when the vessel is received on the surface of the second component to agitate and direct flows of the aqueous fluid through the porous floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.