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US 9,950,473 B2Granted
Consecutive piecewise molding system and method
OwnerRichard J. Russell, Michael F. Turkinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for additively fabricating a solid object from a series of components. The method utilizes additive fabrication with a programmed computer operating a machine to produce a solid object based on a three dimensional, computerized rendering of the solid object. Each component is produced from one or more molds which are filled with a fluid material that solidifies into a component that attaches to a previously manufactured component by way of the same process.
Claims8
A method of fabricating a three dimensional object with an additive manufacturing process comprising the steps of:
- molding a first enclosure onto a suitable support;
- injecting first material into said first enclosure;
- permitting said material to solidify;
- removing said first enclosure;
- molding a second enclosure onto said solidified material;
- injecting second material into said second enclosure;
- permitting said second material to solidify;
- and
- removing said second enclosures wherein the three dimensional object is created.
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