A method of additive manufacturing comprises receiving digital data defining a shape of a three-dimensional object and based on the digital data, sequentially dispensing and solidifying a plurality of layers made of a modeling material and arranged in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the object. A portion of the layers forms one or more stacks, each encompassing a non-solid substance trapped between a plurality of building material pillars oriented perpendicularly to the layers.
Systems and methods for 3D printing a labeled object, including: receiving a 3D container mesh, receiving a 3D label mesh, wherein the 3D label mesh is an open mesh, ensuring correct positioning of the label mesh in relation to the container mesh, projecting the contour of the label mesh onto the container mesh to obtain a container mesh overlapping area, applying a local tessellation to the container mesh overlapping area according to the label contour, thereby generating a tessellated container mesh and/or applying a local tessellation to the label mesh according to the container mesh overlapping area, thereby generating a tessellated label mesh, replacing the tessellated container mesh overlapping area with the tessellated label mesh, thereby obtaining a labeled container mesh, and printing the labeled 3D object based on the labeled container mesh.
Systems and methods for printing a 3D object on a 3D printer, including: receiving (i) a digital 3D model comprising a 3D geometry of the 3D object, (ii) a 2D displacement map, (iii) one or more maximal displacement values, and (iv) a printing resolution, calculating a displacement limit for each vertex of the 3D model based on the one or more maximal displacement values, applying local tessellation on the 3D model geometry in accordance with the 2D displacement map and with the printing resolution, thereby obtaining a tessellated 3D model, applying the displacement information of the 2D displacement map to the tessellated 3D model in accordance with the calculated displacement limit relative to each vertex, thereby obtaining a displaced 3D model, and printing the 3D object with the 3D printer based on the displaced 3D model.
Systems and methods of printing a colored 3D object, including: receiving an original 3D digital model of a colored 3D object comprising data relating to the geometry and to the color of the 3D object, receiving a printing resolution information relating to a 3D printing device connected to the processor, reducing the amount of data of the original 3D digital model in accordance with the printing resolution of the printing device, a geometric variation threshold and a color variation threshold, thereby generating an approximated 3D digital model of the colored 3D object, and printing the 3D object on the 3D printing device based on the approximated 3D digital model.
A system for delivering liquid material to a nozzle array of a printing system comprises a cartridge and a vented sub-tank. The cartridge has a cartridge outlet and contains the liquid material. The sub-tank has a sub-tank inlet configured to receive the cartridge outlet to allow the liquid material to flow through the cartridge outlet by gravity, two inlet ports within the sub-tank inlet at different heights relative to a liquid level in the sub-tank, and a sub-tank outlet. The sub- tank outlet is sealingly connectable to the nozzle array by a pipe and has an outlet port below the inlet ports.
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Modeling material formulations usable in additive manufacturing of a denture structure, and additive manufacturing methods employing same are provided. Kits comprising the modeling material formulation, optionally in combination with a support material formulation, are also provided.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING DATA FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
A method of encoding data for additive manufacturing comprises: displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) (500) having at least a planar segment selector control (502), a pattern shaping control (506), and a material selection control (508). The method also comprises displaying on the GUI (500) a cross-section (510) of a three-dimensional object (512) at a position corresponding to a specific planar segment selected by the planar segment selector control (502). A planar pattern having nested contours is displayed over the cross-section, wherein each contour is shaped according to an input received by the pattern shaping control (506) and is associated with at least one building material according to an input received by the material selection control (508). A data structure describing the planar pattern is stored in a computer storage.
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WATER-SOLUBLE SUPPORT MATERIAL FORMULATION USABLE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
A support material formulation for use in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, which, when hardened, is soluble upon immersion in water, is provided. The formulation includes a hydrophilic curable mono-functional material; a polyol (e.g., a branched polyol) having a molecular weight lower than 1,000, or lower than 800 grams/mol; and a polyester material having a molecular weight higher than 400, or higher than 500, grams/mol. Additive manufacturing using the disclosed formulation and objects made thereby are also provided.
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Method and kits for handling an aqueous waste solution or dispersion obtained upon removing a water-miscible support material from a three-dimensional object during additive manufacturing of the object, and additive manufacturing processes utilizing same are provided. The methods and kits utilize a super absorbent polymeric material to convert the liquid waste solution to a solid or semi-solid composition.
A curable formulation that provides, when hardened, an elastomeric material which is usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object is provided. The formulation is based on curable mono-functional and multi-functional elastomeric materials, in combination with a curable, multi-functional, non-elastomeric material and a curable material that comprises at least two hydrogen bond forming groups.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING
A system for three-dimensional printing comprises: a three-dimensional printing apparatus for printing an object using a building material supplied from a container, and a computer. The computer is configured to receive working hours of personnel operating the apparatus, to calculate, based on three-dimensional printing data describing the object, a supply period during which the container is expected to be emptied, and to transmit to the apparatus a signal to initiate the printing at a delayed time selected to ensure that an end time of the supply period is within the working hours.
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A method for 3D color printing of an object includes slicing a 3D model of the object, adding color data to slices of the 3D model and printing the slices with a printing block (50) including a plurality of channels. The plurality of channels include channels, each with different colored building material, and a channel with a clear building material. Printing includes dispensing at each target location of a travel of the printing block (50), building material from two channels of the plurality of channels. The two channels per target location are selected based on the color data.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A JETTING CHARACTERISTIC
A printing system (400) comprises an inkjet printing head (16) having a plurality of nozzles (122), and a container (430) containing a liquid material (432) and being in fluid communication with the head by a conduit (440) for feeding the head with the liquid material. The printing system also comprises a pressure sensor (442) configured to generate a signal indicative of a pressure at an outlet of the conduit, and a controller (420) configured to control the head to dispense through the nozzles liquid material received via the conduit, and to calculate one or more jetting characteristics based on the pressure.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED OBJECT
A method of treating an object fabricated from a modeling material by additive manufacturing, comprises exposing the object to visible light having a peak wavelength less than 470 nm, and to a temperature of less than a heat deflection temperature (HDT) of the modeling material.
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS CONTAINING A TRANSPARENT MATERIAL
Curable formulations which are usable in additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects using a transparent material, and which can be advantageously usable in additive manufacturing systems that utilize a LED curing source are provided. Additive manufacturing processes using same and objects made thereby are also provided.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRINTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS HAVING IMPROVED SURFACE PROPERTIES
A method of printing a three-dimensional object (90) including: providing a 3D inkjet printing system including: a printing chamber (162) accommodating a printing unit (120) having an inkjet printing head and a curing subunit (124), and a supply unit (130) including a modeling material and a support material; and printing the 3D object (90) in multiple consecutive layers according to a predefined printing sequence, wherein for at least one of the multiple consecutive layers the predefined printing sequence for the same respective layer includes depositing and curing the modeling material and the support material separately from each other either in time or in space. Some embodiments may include controlling a concentration of oxygen in the printing chamber (162) to be in a predefined oxygen concentration range. Some embodiments may include controlling a temperature in the printing chamber (162) to be in a predefined temperature range.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING ON FABRIC
A system for three-dimensional printing comprises an array of nozzles for dispensing building materials, a work tray (12/360) and a jig (402) configured for affixing a fabric (420) to the work tray. A computerized controller operates at least the array of nozzles to dispense a building material in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of an object on the affixed fabric.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT
A system and method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) object may include: receiving an original mesh file of a 3D object, said mesh file comprising a primary mesh data element, representing a respective primary mesh, defined by a plurality of polygons; identifying at least one target design element, associated with the primary mesh; producing at least one auxiliary mesh, based on a geometry of said at least one identified target design element; creating a modified mesh file comprising the primary mesh and the at least one auxiliary mesh; and printing the 3D object based on the modified mesh file.
A leveling system (32) for a three-dimensional printing system (110), comprises a rotatable roller (420), a waste collecting bath (432), a blade (434) for removing liquid waste from the roller (420) into the bath (432), and a plurality of tubular structures (450). Each tubular structure (450) has an inlet at a vicinity of a base of the bath and an outlet connectable to a pump system (452).
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SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING SAFETY IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING
A safety system (410), for a rotary tray (12) of a three-dimensional printing system (10) comprises a latch (410) having a lock member (416) and being operable to assume a locked state in which the latch prevents the door (404) of the printing system (10) from closing while the lock member (416) prevents the tray (12) from rotating, and an unlocked state in which the latch allows the door (404) to close while the lock member (416) allows the tray (12) to rotate.
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SERVICE STATION FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING SYSTEM
A service station system (400) for a three-dimensional printing system (110) comprises: a bath (402), having a fast-release connector (404) at a front side thereof, and a hinge (408) at a back side thereof for hingebly connecting an open top of the bath (402) to a surface of the three-dimensional printing system (110); and a wiper assembly (414), having a wiper device (416) detachably connected to a wiper base (418) mounted on a rotatable axis (422) passing through the bath (402). The wiper device (416) wipes a dispensing face of the printing head of the three-dimensional printing system (110) while the head reciprocally moves above the bath (402) between the back side and the front side. The service station system (400) can also comprise a motor (424) for rotating the axis (422).
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METHOD OF PRINTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE ELEMENTS
A method of printing a 3D object comprising a plurality of discrete elements, the method comprising: receiving a 3D digital model of a shell group comprising one or more shells representing the plurality of discrete elements; defining, in the 3D digital model, a unifying shell to at least partly envelop one or more shells of the shell group to provide a unified digital model comprising the shell group and the unifying shell; assigning the unifying shell with at least one transparent building material that is transparent upon dispensing and solidifying thereof; assigning the one or more shells of the shell group with one or more building materials; and dispensing, in layers, the at least one transparent building material and the one or more building materials according to the unified digital model to form a 3D object comprising one or more discrete elements that are at least partly connected by a unifying element.
A method of printing a three-dimensional object, comprises: for each of a plurality of arrays (122) of nozzles, activating a subset of nozzles of the array to dispense a respective building material from the subset, so as to form an interleaved scan pattern (508) of dispensed materials. The method comprises hardening the interleaved scan pattern, and repeating the activating and the hardening to form a stack of hardened interleaved scan patterns.
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A waste management system for an AM device (101) includes a waste container (350), an air cleaning device (200) installed within an enclosure of the AM device (101), a first conduit (210) and at least one second conduit (332). The air cleaning device condense vapors formed within an enclosure of the AM device during operation of the AM device. The first conduit (210) directs the condensed vapors in a liquid state from the air cleaning device (200) to the waste container (350) and the at least one second conduit (332) directs waste accumulated during operation of the AM device to the waste container (350). The waste container (350) stores waste accumulated by the AM device (101) during operation of the AM device (101).
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS CONTAINING A TRANSPARENT MATERIAL
Formulations usable in additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing which provide a transparent material when hardened, are provided. The formulation are designed so as to provide transparent objects or parts thereof with improved transmittance and color properties such as yellowness index, compared to commercially available formulations. The formulations comprise a photoinitiator at a relatively low amount and designed mixture of curable materials.
A method of monitoring an amount of building material in a cartridge (300) that supplies the material to an additive manufacturing system comprises introducing gas into the cartridge (300) and measuring the pressure within the cartridge (300). When the pressure reaches a predetermined level, the amount of building material in the cartridge (300) is determined based on a volume of gas introduced into the cartridge (300) or based on a proxy of the volume.
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Systems and methods for predefining at least one support structure for at least one three-dimensional object for printing thereof using a three-dimensional printing system are disclosed. Default support structures are replaced by improved support structures or not depending on the result of an assessment, based on predefined rules of the body region in the slice that needs support.
Methods and systems are disclosed for selecting a print head of a 3D printing machine to apply 3D printing material at one or more positions in a printed 3D object. Embodiments of the present invention may include, in the selection process one or more elements pertaining for example to: geometry of the received 3D model; colorization of the received 3D model; transparency of the received 3D model; properties of the 3D printing material; and constraints of the 3D printing machine.
A method for selection of a print head of a three-dimensional (3D) printer includes receiving a model data element having first and second 3D shells, producing an ordered set of slice data elements corresponding to a planar slice of the 3D model, determining an overlapping region of the first and second 3D shells, attributing a property vector value (such as a colorization vector value or a printing material vector value) based on an overlap rule, and selecting a printing head based on the property vector value. A 3D printing system comprises printing heads that can be selected according to the method.
Systems and methods for calculating a time duration and an amount of material consumption required for printing a tray of one or more three-dimensional objects using a three-dimensional printing system are disclosed.
A method for preserving the shape of an object during sintering includes filling at least one volume defined by a surface of the object with a plurality of balls, sintering the object together with the balls and separating the object from the balls post sintering. The balls have a diameter of 0.5 mm - 12 mm.
A method for sintering objects formed with aluminum powder includes forming a shape of an object with aluminum powder, selecting a sintering atmosphere and sintering the object in the sintering atmosphere. The sintering atmosphere includes Nitrogen and one or more of Argon and partial vacuum. The selection is based on a desired balance of degree of shrinkage and mechanical properties to be achieved.
Modeling material formulations usable for forming a polyurea material in additive manufacturing, and methods for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects made of these formulations are provided. The modeling material formulation comprises at least one isocyanate- containing material and at least one amine-containing material such that at least one isocyanate- containing material comprises at least one polyisocyanate material and at least one amine- containing material comprises at least one aromatic polyamine material.
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A method of fabricating an object in layers, comprises, for at least one layer: dispensing a building material formulation to form a first portion of the layer, and leveling the first portion by a leveling device; increasing a vertical distance between the first portion and the leveling device; and while a topmost surface of the first portion is exposed and beneath a segment of the leveling device: dispensing a building material formulation to form a second portion of the layer, laterally displaced from the first portion along an indexing direction, and leveling the second portion by the leveling device.
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An additive manufacturing method for printing an object includes receiving three-dimensional printing data corresponding to the object, defining an internal region of the object to be formed with a structured air pocket (100, 101, 102) and printing the object with an additive manufacturing system. The object includes an internal region formed with a structured air pocket (100, 101, 102).
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Methods, systems and formulations of building a three-dimensional object with a glossy surface, the method may include: selectively depositing a first material in a plurality of layers to form a body region of the three-dimensional object, wherein said first material comprises a multifunctional acrylic monomer; selectively depositing a second material in a plurality of layers to form a support region, wherein said second material comprises a monofunctional hydrophilic acrylic monomer and does not comprise a multifunctional acrylic monomer; curing each of the deposited layers, wherein in at least one of the deposited layers the first material and the second material mix to form an intermediate region at their mutual interface; dissolving the support region in an aqueous solution; and drying the body region and the intermediate region, whereby the dried intermediate region provides a glossy surface on the body region of said three-dimensional object.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A COOLING SYSTEM IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING
A method of additive manufacturing, comprises: dispensing from an array of nozzles an amount of building material formulation to form a layer in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of a slice of an object, and hardening the layer. Based on the amount and a geometrical characteristic of the slice, a thermal mass of the layer is calculated. A cooling system is controlled in a closed loop control responsively to the calculated thermal mass.
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A method of three-dimensional printing, comprises: operating a printing head (16) having a nozzle array (122) to dispense a building material formulation, wherein the printing head is directly connected to a cartridge (212) containing the building material formulation, and wherein the printing head comprises a channel (218) conveying a building material formulation received from the cartridge to the nozzle array; discarding the building material formulation from the channel; and connecting a cartridge containing a building material formulation that is different from the discarded building material formulation to the channel.
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A formulation usable as a modeling material formulation in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object and additive manufacturing methods utilizing same are provided. The formulation comprises one or more curable materials; and a radiopaque material, and features, when hardened, a CT number of at least 100 HU at 70 kV. Objects made by the additive manufacturing method utilizing the formulation are usable as radiological phantoms.
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING MATERIALS THAT FORM A WEAK GEL
A formulation usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object is provided. The formulation comprises one or more monofunctional curable material(s); one or more hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s); and one or more water-miscible non-curable material(s), such that a total amount of the curable materials is 20 % or less, by weight, and a weight ratio of a total weight of the monofunctional curable material(s) and a total weight of the hydrophilic multifunctional curable material(s) ranges from 1:1 to 10:1. The formulation features, when hardened, properties of a weak and flowable gel. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing the formulation as a support material formulation are also provided.
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A printing head for inkjet printing comprises: a manifold having a channel for holding material formulation therein; and an array of controllable nozzles fluidly connected to the channel for dispensing the material formulation by inkjet technology. In an embodiment, the array of nozzles is characterized by a pitch that varies along the array. In an embodiment, the nozzles are arranged over a curved line engaging a horizontal plane.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING COLOR UNIFORMITY IN INKJET PRINTING
A method of printing comprises: detecting a defective nozzle (42a) in a first array of nozzles (122a); disabling a nozzle (42b) in a second array of nozzles (122b); dispensing a first material formulation from nozzles of the first array (122a), other than the defective nozzle (42b); and dispensing a second material formulation from nozzles of the second array (122b), other than the disabled nozzle (42b).
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Formulations usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, which comprise a reinforcing material such as silica particles in an amount of from 10 to 30%, or from 15 to 20%, by weight, of the total weight of the formulation, and a designed combination of curable materials as described in the specification, is provided. Additive manufacturing of three- dimensional objects made of such a formulation and featuring enhanced mechanical properties, and objects obtained thereby are also provided.
C09D 11/101 - Inks specially adapted for printing processes involving curing by wave energy or particle radiation, e.g. with UV-curing following the printing
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING THE LIFETIME OF PRINTING HEADS USED IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Methods and systems (100) of printing a 3D object (101) comprising: depositing material, layer by layer, via printing heads (72) comprising one or more nozzle arrays; and activating each of said printing heads (72) to dispense a building material (50) at least once within a specified period of time during printing.
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B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
A method to define construction of a green compact with at least one object (10) embedded therein is disclosed. The method includes receiving three-dimensional data defining the at least one object (10) and identifying a planar surface (15) in the at least one object (109 based on the three-dimensional data. Orientation of the at least one object (10) is defined so that the planar surface (15) extends at least partially over a Z height of the green compact. A mask pattern is defined per layer to form the at least one object (10) in the defined orientation by an additive manufacturing process with powder material.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH A SACRIFICIAL STRUCTURE FOR EASY REMOVAL
A method of additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects by sequentially dispensing and solidifying layers. The layers may include (i) stacks of model layers arranged in configured patterns corresponding to shapes of one or more objects and being made of one or more modeling materials; (ii) an intermediate layer surrounding said shapes of one or more objects and comprising at least a support material, and (iii) a flexible overlay surrounding said first intermediate layer, the intermediate layer and flexible overlay forming a flexible sacrificial structure. The model stack or stacks can be removed from the flexible sacrificial structure by application of pressure to the flexible sacrificial structure, separating the model stack from the flexible structure along the intermediate layer.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING CLOSED-LOOP TEMPERATURE CONTROL
A system for additive manufacturing comprises a dispensing head (16) for dispensing building materials on a working surface (12, 360), a hardening system (134) for hardening the building materials, a cooling system (134) for evacuating heat away from the building materials, and a computerized controller (152). A thermal sensing system (136) is mounted above the working surface in a manner that allows relative motion between the sensing system and the working surface, and is configured to generate sensing signals responsively to thermal energy sensed thereby. The controller controls the dispensing head to dispense the building materials in layers, the sensing system to generate the sensing signals only when the sensing system is above the building materials once hardened, and the heat evacuation rate of the cooling system responsively to the sensing signals.
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B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
Methods, particularly automated methods, are provided, as well as 3D-printed composite and hollow objects and 3D-printing systems for printing them. Methods comprise deriving a central line of a hollow 3D object model, calculating reference point(s) and/or line(s) along an inner surface of the hollow 3D object model, and filling the hollow 3D object model with material that comprises a thread defined with respect to the central line and the reference point(s) and/or line(s) and with filling material surrounding the thread. The support construction thus formed may be removed from the 3D object by pulling on the thread, extracting it and the surrounding support filling from the hollow object, thus enabling 3D-printing of convoluted or elongated hollow objects and objects with narrow openings. The parameters of the thread, such as type of curve and thickness, are selected to ensure thread extraction without risk of tearing or knotting the thread.
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B29C 33/44 - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING - Details thereof or accessories therefor with means for, or specially constructed to facilitate, the removal of articles, e.g. of undercut articles
A method of additive manufacturing (AM) includes dispensing a first building material formulation to form an outer region (220), and dispensing a second building material formulation to form an inner region (210), the outer region surrounding the inner region, the inner and outer regions being shaped to form a layer of the object (112); exposing the layer to a first curing condition, repeating the dispensing and the exposing to sequentially form a plurality of layers of the object and collectively exposing the plurality of layers to a second curing condition. The selections are such that the first building material formulation is hardened to a higher degree than the second building formulation. The outer regions form a hardened coating that at least partially encapsulates the inner regions. The second curing condition is other than the first curing condition and is selected to increase the degree that the inner region is hardened.
A formulation system usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object that comprises, in at least a portion thereof, a cyanate ester-containing polymeric network, and additive manufacturing processes employing the formulation system are provided. Also provided are objects obtainable by the additive manufacturing and kits containing the formulation system. The formulation system includes a first modeling material formulation which includes a first curable material which is a thermally-curable cyanate ester and a second modeling material formulation which comprises an activating agent for promoting polymerization of the cyanate ester and is devoid of the first curable material, and further includes a second curable material which is different from the first curable material, and optionally an agent for promoting hardening of the second curable material.
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIFFUSING COLOR ERROR INTO ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED OBJECTS
A method of processing data for additive manufacturing of a 3D object comprises: receiving graphic elements defining a surface of the object, and an input color texture to be visible over a surface of the object; transforming the elements to voxelized computer object data; constructing a 3D color map having a plurality of pixels, each being associated with a voxel and being categorized as either a topmost pixel or an internal pixel. Each topmost pixel is associated with a group of internal pixels forming a receptive field for the topmost pixel. A color-value is assigned to each topmost pixel and each internal pixel of a receptive field associated with the topmost pixel, based on the color texture and according to a subtractive color mixing. A material to be used during the additive manufacturing is designated based on the color-value.
A system and a method of mitigating color discrepancies in three-dimensional (3D) printing systems may including a plurality of printing heads may include: printing one or more samples according to one or more sample parameters; obtaining a color offset vector from the one or more samples; receiving a model representing a 3D object, the model comprising a plurality of model printing points associated with respective color; analyzing the model in view of the obtained color offset vector to produce a calibrated data structure, adapted to mitigate color discrepancies; and printing the 3D object according to the calibrated data structure.
A waste curing device to cure waste generated by an additive manufacturing system, the waste curing device comprising: a container for receiving the waste; a movable cover positioned above the container; one or more waste nozzles mounted on the moveable cover and configured to deliver waste into the container; a static cover positioned above the container and below the movable cover; one or more curing sources mounted on the static cover and configured to provide curing radiation to cure the waste in the container; wherein the movable cover is configured to move relative to the static cover to provide an open position for the waste nozzles to deliver waste into the container, and subsequently to a closed position, to shield the waste nozzles from curing radiation.
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A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprises: sequentially dispensing and solidifying layers to form on a surface a sacrificial structure. In embodiments the sacrificial structure comprises a bulk volume and heating cells embedded in the bulk volume, where the heating cells release more heat than the bulk volume upon the solidification of the layers. In embodiments, the sacrificial structure comprises pinning structures embedded in the bulk volume. The method also comprises sequentially dispensing and solidifying layers to form the three-dimensional object on a portion of the sacrificial structure.
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A supporting structure built together with an object in an additive manufacturing (AM) process and configured to support an overhang of the object is described. The supporting structure includes a first array of pillars formed with a first material and reinforced with a second material. Each of the pillars in the first array includes a top. At least a portion of the tops in the first array adjoin and define a surface on which the overhang of the object may be supported. The first material is support material.
A method of calibrating a print head of a printing system comprises applying voltage to the print head to effect a dispensing of liquid material from the print head; receiving, directly from a sensor within the print head, a signal correlative to a change in an amount of liquid in the print head; and varying the voltage responsively to the signal.
A method of 3D printing to achieve a desired surface quality on at least one surface of a 3D printed object (112) comprises selecting a base surface (202) having the desired surface quality; and printing the 3D printed object (112) on the base surface (202), so that the desired surface quality is imparted to one surface of the 3D printed object during printing. The surface quality may be glassiness, roughness, smoothness and texture in general. Objects may thus be manufactured in which printed electronic components are integrated in or under a glass-like surface.
A method of additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object by layerwise deposition of a building material with an inkjet printing system comprising a print head and a building tray, comprises calculating a weighting value for each nozzle, then for each layer obtaining a 2-D map of the layer, comprising active pixels at building material dispensing positions; obtaining a Data Correction Filter (DCF) including a height map of the previous layer, comparing the data of the 2D map to the data of the DCF at each position and determining if the nozzle at that position should dispense, then printing the layer, updating the weighting values and adjusting the position of the print head vis a vis the printing tray. The above is repeated until the three-dimensional object is printed.
A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, comprises: dispensing from a first array of nozzles a modeling material formulation containing a polyimide precursor to form a layer in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of a slice of the object; applying to the layer ultraviolet radiation and infrared radiation from two different radiation sources; and repeating the dispensing and the application of radiation to form a plurality of layers in configured patterns corresponding to shapes of other slices of the object. Optionally, an additional modeling material formulation or a support material formulation is dispensed from a second array of nozzles.
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A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object includes sequentially dispensing and solidifying a plurality of layers. The plurality of layers may be formed with a plurality of different colored model materials, a flexible material arranged in a configured pattern to form a sacrificial structure at least partially encompassing the object, and a soft material. The soft material is arranged in a configured pattern to provide separation between the model material and the sacrificial structure. The plurality of different colored model materials is arranged in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape and color definition of the object.
Formulations usable in additive manufacturing, 3D inkjet printing in particular, of a three- dimensional object that contains a polyimide material, and additive manufacturing utilizing same are provided. The formulations contain a polyimide precursor (e.g., a bismaleimide) and an additional curable material which is a multifunctional curable material, and are devoid of an organic solvent.
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3D PRINTING OF CATALYTIC FORMULATION FOR SELECTIVE METAL DEPOSITION
Described herein is a method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object having an agent which promotes electroless metal deposition dispersed therein in a configured pattern. The method utilizes modeling material formulation(s) which comprise and/or are capable of generating such an agent. Further described is a method of manufacturing a three-dimensional object having an electrically-conductive material dispersed in a configured pattern. The method utilizes an object having an agent which promotes electroless metal deposition dispersed therein in a configured pattern and manufactured by the aforementioned method, and proceeds by contacting the three-dimensional object with an electroless deposition solution so as to effect the electroless deposition onto the configured pattern. Further described are kits for use in additive manufacturing as described herein; as well as three-dimensional objects which may be manufactured as described herein.
Formulations usable as support material in additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing and which feature a viscosity of no more than 50cPs at 35°C, are provided. The formulations are composed of at least one hydrophilic curable material which provides, when hardened, a material that is dissolvable or swellable in an aqueous solution; and at least one non- curable material that is capable of being swelled by said hardened material formed of said at least one curable material. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and objects obtained thereby are also provided.
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C08F 220/20 - Esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols
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B29C 64/40 - Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof
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MODELING MATERIAL FORMULATIONS USABLE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS AT LOW TEMPERATURES
Modeling material formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing, 3D inkjet printing in particular, of three-dimensional objects, are provided. The formulations comprise two or more curable materials, such that an average molecular weight of the curable materials in each formulation is no more than 500 grams/mol, such that each formulation features a viscosity of no more than 50 centipoises at a temperature of 35 °C. Kits comprising the formulations or formulation systems and additive manufacturing processes utilizing same are also provided.
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C08F 220/20 - Esters of polyhydric alcohols or phenols
C08F 220/36 - Esters containing nitrogen containing oxygen in addition to the carboxy oxygen
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DYNAMIC DETECTION OF LAYER THICKNESS FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS
A method for dynamically controlling layer thickness during an additive manufacturing process of building a block including an object with layers of powder material, detecting a height of the block after each layer is compacted, determining a delta between the detected height and a height in a computer model defining slices of the block and compensating for the determined delta in subsequent cycles. A cycle in the additive manufacturing process includes selectively printing a layer pattern, spreading a powder layer over the layer pattern with a spreader and compacting the powder layer with the layer pattern.
B22F 3/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
B22F 3/16 - Both compacting and sintering in successive or repeated steps
B22F 3/18 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor by using pressure rollers
B22F 5/10 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product of articles with cavities or holes, not otherwise provided for in the preceding subgroups
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING DATA FOR ADDRESSABLE DISPENSING
A method of rendering data for addressable dispensing of material over a working surface, comprises: receiving input image data arranged grid-wise over a plurality of picture- elements; generating an initial map describing a distance field and having a plurality of map- elements each storing distance information corresponding to one picture-element; for each picture-element of at least a portion of the picture-elements: linearly scanning the map independently along a first axis and along a second axis, and updating a respective map-element based on values of map-elements visited during the scan. The distance field can include distances defined perpendicularly to the working surface.
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ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES EMPLOYING FORMULATIONS THAT PROVIDE A LIQUID OR LIQUID-LIKE MATERIAL
Method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object employing building material formulations that provide, upon exposure to a curing condition, liquid or liquid-like material, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby are provided. The methods are usable for fabricating objects featuring one or more hollow structures.
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
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A tubular structure fabricated by additive manufacturing from non-biological building material formulations, and featuring an elongated core, a shell encapsulating the core and an intermediate shell between the core and the shell. Each of the core, the shell and the intermediate shell is made of a different material or a different combination of materials. Both the core and the intermediate shell are sacrificial. Additive manufacturing of the tubular structure is usable for fabricating an object featuring properties of a blood vessel.
Methods of fabricating three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue and three-dimensional objects featuring properties of a soft bodily tissue or of an organ comprising same are provided.
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G09B 23/28 - Models for scientific, medical, or mathematical purposes, e.g. full-sized device for demonstration purposes for medicine
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FORMULATIONS USABLE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MADE OF A SOFT MATERIAL
Modeling material formulations and formulation systems usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, featuring, when hardened, a Shore A hardness lower than 10 and/or a Shore 00 hardness lower than 40, are provided. Additive manufacturing processes utilizing these formulations and formulation systems, and three-dimensional objects obtainable thereby, are also provided.
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G03F 7/027 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds
G03F 7/032 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with binders
A61M 1/10 - Blood pumps; Artificial hearts; Devices for mechanical circulatory assistance, e.g. intra-aortic balloon pumps
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING OBJECT FEATURING PROPERTIES OF A HARD TISSUE
A method of additive manufacturing an object featuring properties of a hard bodily tissue, comprises: dispensing and solidifying a plurality of non-biological material formulations to sequentially form a plurality of hardened layers in a configured pattern corresponding to a shape of the object. The method forms voxel elements containing different material formulations at interlaced locations to provide a three-dimensional textured region spanning over the portion. The material formulations and the interlaced locations are selected such that the textured region exhibits, once hardened, a stress variation of at most ±20% over a strain range of from about 0.1% to about 0.3%.
B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
Methods and systems are provided, which convert points in a cloud into a model for 3D printing in a computationally efficient manner and while maintaining and possibly adjusting shape, volume and color information. Methods include deriving, from the points, a crude watertight mesh with respect to the points, e.g., an alpha shape, determining, using normal vectors associated with the points, locations of the points with respect to the mesh (e.g., as being inside, outside or within the model) and using the derived mesh to define the model with respect to the determined locations of the points. Combining the computational geometry approach with the field approach is synergetic and results in better information content of the resulting model for 3D printing while consuming less computational resources.
A method of additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object (210). The method comprises: sequentially dispensing and solidifying a plurality of layers comprising (i) a stack of model layers (212) arranged in a configured pattern corresponding to the shape of the object (210) and being made of a modeling material, (ii) a sacrificial structure (220) having a stack of sacrificial layers (214) made of an elastomeric material, and (iii) a stack of intermediate layers (216) made of a support material having an elastic modulus less than the elastomeric material and being between the stack of model layers (212) and the sacrificial structure (220); and applying a peeling force (218) to the sacrificial structure (220) to remove the sacrificial structure (220), and to expose the stack of model layers (212) and/or the stack of intermediate layers (216) beneath the sacrificial structure (220).
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B29C 64/106 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
B29C 64/40 - Structures for supporting 3D objects during manufacture and intended to be sacrificed after completion thereof
B29C 64/118 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using filamentary material being melted, e.g. fused deposition modelling [FDM]
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH POWDER MATERIAL
A method for producing a three-dimensional model via additive manufacturing includes building a green block in a layerwise manner with a powder material and a solidifiable non- powder material. The green block includes a green usable model. The solidified non-powder material is removed from the green block to extract the green usable model from the green block and the density of the green usable model is increased by applying Cold Isostatic Pressing (CIP). The green usable model is then sintered to produce a three-dimensional model.
B22F 3/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
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B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH POWDER MATERIAL
An additive manufacturing system for building a green block including a three dimensional green usable model includes a printing station, a powder delivery station, a compacting station and a stage. The printing station prints a pattern on a building tray by selectively depositing a solidifiable non-powder material that forms a partition by tracing a perimeter of a usable model to be printed per layer and tracing a plurality of discrete sections of a support area around the usable model. The powder delivery station applies a layer of powder material over the pattern. The compacting station compacts per layer of powder material and includes a die for receiving the layer. The stage repeatedly advances the building tray to each of the printing station, the powder delivery station and the compacting station to build a plurality of layers that together form the green block.
B22F 3/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/165 - Processes of additive manufacturing using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber
B22F 5/10 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the special shape of the product of articles with cavities or holes, not otherwise provided for in the preceding subgroups
A pressure controlling system for an inkjet printer includes a pressure chamber, a pump fluidically connected to the chamber and adapted for increasing or decreasing the pressure within the pressure chamber, a controllable three port two way valve, and a sensing unit including one or more pressure sensors. The pressure sensing unit is in fluidic communication with the pressure chamber for sensing the pressure therein. The valve has a first port controllably fluidically connectable to the pressure chamber, a second port controllably fluidically connectable to an inkjet print head, and a third port controllably fluidically connectable with atmospheric air. The sensing unit is adapted for sending signals representative of the pressure within the pressure chamber to at least one processor/controller. The pump and the valve are controlled by receiving control signals from the processor/controller(s). There are provided a method for operating the system and a printer including the system.
A method of additive manufacturing for producing a 2-part mold suitable for use in injection molding, comprises: obtaining a computerized 3D representation of a 2-part mold (3D mold); delimiting one or more regions within the 3D mold; assigning a material or a combination of materials to each delimited region which is different from different from materials used in other delimited regions or outside the delimited regions; and producing the 2-part mold by additive manufacturing; wherein the delimiting comprises carrying out an offset from a surface of the 3D mold which is intended to be in contact with injected material, and wherein the offset is carried out within the solid part of the 3D mold.
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B29C 45/00 - Injection moulding, i.e. forcing the required volume of moulding material through a nozzle into a closed mould; Apparatus therefor
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Methods of layerwise fabrication of a three-dimensional object, and objected obtained thereby are provided. The methods are effected by dispensing at least a first modeling formulation and a second modeling formulation to form a core region using both said first and said second modeling formulations, an inner envelope region at least partially surrounding said core region using said first modeling formulation but not said second modeling formulation, and an outer envelope region at least partially surrounding said inner envelope region using said second modeling formulations but not said first modeling formulation; and exposing said layer to curing energy, thereby fabricating the object, The first and second modeling formulations are selected such they differ from one another, when hardened, by at least one of Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT), Izod Impact resistance, Tg and elastic modulus.
B29C 64/106 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
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FORMULATION, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION
A method of layerwise fabrication of a three-dimensional object is disclosed. The method comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers: dispensing at least a first modeling formulation and a second modeling formulation to form a core region using both the first and the second modeling formulations, and at least one envelope region at least partially surrounding the core region using one of the first and the second modeling formulations but not the other one of the first and the second modeling formulations. The method can also comprise exposing the layer to curing energy. The first modeling formulation is characterized, when hardened, by heat deflection temperature (HDT) of at least 90 °C, and the second modeling formulation is characterized, when hardened, by Izod impact resistance (IR) value of at least 45 J/m.
B29C 64/106 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
A system includes a plurality of building trays, a printing station, a powder delivery station, a powder spreading station, a process compaction station and a stage. The printing station prints a mask pattern on each of the plurality of building trays. The powder delivery station applies a dose of powder material on each of the plurality of building trays. The powder spreading station configured to spread the dose of powder material on each of the plurality of building trays. The process compaction station compacts the powder material. The stage concurrently advances the plurality of building trays to each of the stations to concurrently build a single layer on each the plurality of building trays and repeats the advancing to build a plurality of layers on each of the plurality of building trays. A three dimensional object is formed in each of the building trays.
B22F 3/105 - Sintering only by using electric current, laser radiation or plasma
B29C 64/153 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only solid materials using layers of powder being selectively joined, e.g. by selective laser sintering or melting
Methods of fabricating three-dimensional rubber-like objects which utilize one or more modeling material formulations which comprise an elastomeric curable material and silica particles are provided. Objects made of the modeling material formulations and featuring improved mechanical properties are also provided.
Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology are provided. The methods utilize curable materials that polymerize via ring- opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) for fabricating the object, in combination with acid-activatable pre-catalyst and an acid generator activator. Kits containing modeling material formulations usable in the methods are also provided.
B29C 67/00 - Shaping techniques not covered by groups , or
C08G 61/08 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes only aliphatic carbon atoms prepared by ring-opening of carbocyclic compounds of carbocyclic compounds containing one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the ring
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH POWDER MATERIAL
A system for building a three dimensional green compact comprising a printing station configured to print a mask pattern on a building surface, wherein the mask pattern is formed of solidifiable material; a powder delivery station configured to apply a layer of powder material on the mask pattern; a die compaction station for compacting the layer formed by the powder material and the mask pattern; and a stage configured to repeatedly advance a building tray to each of the printing station, the powder delivery station and the die compaction station to build a plurality of layers that together form the three dimensional green compact.
B22F 3/00 - Manufacture of workpieces or articles from metallic powder characterised by the manner of compacting or sintering; Apparatus specially adapted therefor
A method includes selecting (112) a voxel (420) from a three-dimensional build space (400) and for the selected voxel, determining a distance field value relative to a digital model of a 3D part (402) in the three-dimensional build space. The distance field value is then used to select (904) at least one material selection rule (220) and a feature of the voxel is applied (906) to the at least one material selection rule to identify a material designation (228) for the voxel. The material designation indicates no material is to be placed at the voxel when the material selection rule identifies no material for the voxel and the material designation indicates at least one material is to be placed at the voxel when the at least one material selection rule identifies the at least one material for the voxel. The material designation for the voxel is then output (126) for use in printing the 3D part using an additive manufacturing system.
Formulation systems usable for fabricating a three-dimensional object made of a polyamide-containing material, by three-dimensional 3D inkjet printing, and methods and systems utilizing same, are provided. The formulation systems are formed of at least a first and second model formulations containing a lactam and a catalyst for inducing anionic ring opening polymerization of the lactam in the first formulation, and an activator for promoting anionic ring opening polymerization of the lactam in the second formulation, and are further characterized as: including in the first and/or second formulation a compound capable of increasing a rate of said polymerization upon exposure to said curing energy; including as an activator a lactam-blocked polyisocyanate; and/or as including in the first model formulation at least one material capable of reducing a melting point of said first model formulation. Formulation systems usable at a selected ratio are also provided.
Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology are provided. The methods utilize curable materials that polymerize via ring- opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) in combination with toughening agents for fabricating the object. Systems suitable for performing these methods and kits containing modeling material formulations usable in the methods are also provided.
B29C 67/00 - Shaping techniques not covered by groups , or
C08G 61/08 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes only aliphatic carbon atoms prepared by ring-opening of carbocyclic compounds of carbocyclic compounds containing one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the ring
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING COMBINING RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION AND FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION
Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology are provided. The methods utilize a combination of curable materials that polymerize via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) and curable materials that polymerize via free-radical polymerization (FRP) for fabricating the object. Systems suitable for performing these methods, kits containing modeling material formulations usable in the methods and objects obtained thereby are also provided.
B29C 67/00 - Shaping techniques not covered by groups , or
C08G 61/08 - Macromolecular compounds containing only carbon atoms in the main chain of the macromolecule, e.g. polyxylylenes only aliphatic carbon atoms prepared by ring-opening of carbocyclic compounds of carbocyclic compounds containing one or more carbon-to-carbon double bonds in the ring
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DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING USING RING- OPENING METATHESIS POLYMERIZATION
Provided are methods of fabricating an object, effected by jetting two or more different modeling material formulation, each containing a different material or mixture of materials, and at least one containing an unsaturated cyclic monomer that is polymerizable by ROMP, which, when contacted on a receiving medium, undergo a reaction therebetween to form a cured modeling material. The chemical composition of the formed cured material is dictated by a ratio of the number of voxels of each modeling material formulation in a voxel block. Systems for executing the methods, and printed objects obtained thereby are also provided.
B29C 64/112 - Processes of additive manufacturing using only liquids or viscous materials, e.g. depositing a continuous bead of viscous material using individual droplets, e.g. from jetting heads
B29C 64/20 - Additive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3D] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3D printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B29C 64/371 - Conditioning of environment using an environment other than air, e.g. inert gas
B29C 64/393 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
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WATER-BREAKABLE FORMULATIONS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES EMPLOYING SAME
Curable formulations which form cured materials that are breakable upon immersion in water are disclosed. The cured materials break into a plurality of particles being a few millimeters or less in size. Methods of fabricating three- dimensional objects utilizing the curable formulations are also disclosed, as well as model objects fabricated thereby. The curable formulations include at least a mono- functional curable material and a multi-functional curable material, as described in the specification.
B29C 35/08 - Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanising by wave energy or particle radiation
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C08F 2/46 - Polymerisation initiated by wave energy or particle radiation
G03C 9/08 - Stereo-photographic or similar processes producing three-dimensional images
G03F 7/028 - Non-macromolecular photopolymerisable compounds having carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g. ethylenic compounds with photosensitivity-increasing substances, e.g. photoinitiators
A method for carrying out additive manufacture while regulating material consumption, comprises making a digital representation of at least part of an object for printing, the representation comprising a plurality of voxels, and then identifying voxels which are flexible in respect of being able to consist of any one of at least two available materials. A balanced material consumption policy is then used to choose between the available materials so as to ensure that as far as possible, different materials are evenly used and wastage is minimized. Finally the object is printed with the selected materials.
B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY (Israel)
Inventor
Vidavsky, Yuval
Yudovin-Farber, Ira
Lemcoff, Norberto Gabriel
Ben Asuly, Amos
Ginzburg, Yakov
Saha, Sukdeb
Abstract
Methods for fabricating three-dimensional objects by 3D-inkjet printing technology, which utilize dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based curable materials that polymerize via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) for fabricating the object, are provided. Curable formulations and cured materials formed therefrom, containing the dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based curable materials are also provided. The dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based curable materials and the cured materials formed therefrom are characterized by reduced or nullified malodor.
B29C 39/00 - Shaping by casting, i.e. introducing the moulding material into a mould or between confining surfaces without significant moulding pressure; Apparatus therefor
C07C 43/18 - Ethers having an ether-oxygen atom bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring
C07C 69/013 - Esters of alcohols having the esterified hydroxy group bound to a carbon atom of a ring other than a six-membered aromatic ring
C07D 233/64 - Heterocyclic compounds containing 1,3-diazole or hydrogenated 1,3-diazole rings, not condensed with other rings having two double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring carbon atoms, e.g. histidine
B41J 2/485 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by the process of building-up characters applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
A multi-material mold and a method of constructing a multi-material mold for injection molding using additive manufacturing comprises defining a structure of the mold; and defining at least two sub-regions, associating the sub-regions with respective specific materials and printing the sub-regions with the specific material. The sub- regions may include an internal sub-region that allows dissipation of heat accumulating during use of the mold, where the specific material is heat conductive; an embedded heat sink sub-region for conducting heat away from the internal sub-region allowing dissipation, where the specific material is relatively non-conductive mold material embedded with lines or layers of relatively heat-conductive material; a sub-region resistant to abrasion, where the specific material is an abrasion-resistant polymer; a sub- region resistant to breaking under process conditions, where the specific material is a high toughness and high Tg polymer or a digital material and a sub-region of flexible material for sealing and releasing.
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Novel cleaning compositions, usable for removing a cured support material from a printed object obtained by additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing are provided. The cleaning compositions are aqueous alkaline compositions containing a combination of two alkaline substances: an alkali metal hydroxide and an alkali metal silicate, each at a concentration of no more than 3 weight percents of the total weight of the composition. The cleaning compositions are characterized by high and constant dissolution rate, and are particularly useful for removing a cured support material that includes cross-linked polymeric chains such as cross-linked polyacrylate chains. Kits comprising the alkaline substances, and methods of fabricating a three-dimensional model object which utilize the cleaning compositions or the kits, and a three- dimensional model object fabricated thereby, are also provided.
Novel support material formulations, characterized as providing a cured support material with improved dissolution rate, while maintaining sufficient mechanical strength, are disclosed. The formulations comprise a water-miscible non-curable polymer, a first water-miscible, curable material and a second, water-miscible material that is selected capable of interfering with intermolecular interactions between polymeric chains formed upon exposing the first water-miscible material to curing energy. Methods of fabricating a three-dimensional object, and a three-dimensional object fabricated thereby are also disclosed.
A system includes a three-dimensional (3D) printer, a processor configured to compute object data for printing the object and a controller. The object data is defined in a layer-wise manner and the object data of one layer defines selective dispensing to different distances. The controller is configured to control the dispensing of the building material in the layer-wise manner based on the object data. The printing includes a dispensing unit for selectively dispensing building material in a layer-wise manner for building the object and a building tray for supporting the dispensed material for building the object. The printing further includes use of a prefabricated support structure, and printing at least a portion of the object over the prefabricated support structure.
An additive manufacturing (AM) system includes a carriage (150) that deposits material in a defined pattern and a building platform that receives material deposited from the carriage. The carriage includes a pre-heating assembly (138) with a plurality of pre-heating chambers (130) and a printing block (120) with a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of printing heads. The carriage is equipped with more pre-heating chambers than head slots.
A method of providing nozzle calibration parameters for a 3D printer (114) comprises: printing an arc pattern, printing an X-Y align pattern, and printing a head calibration pattern, measuring actual positions of drops, calculating deviations of said measured actual positions from expected positions, and calculating calibration parameters to correct for the deviations. Indicator drops may be used to allow built-in image recognition to find the calibration drops, and a cam system is provided to guide nozzle wipers. An apparatus to clean the printing head nozzles is also disclosed.
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
B33Y 50/02 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing for controlling or regulating additive manufacturing processes
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
An apparatus includes a roller (110) that skims a layer of material (250) deposited by an additive manufacturing (AM) system, a blade (130) that scrapes material accumulated on the roller, a bath (120) that collects material scraped by the blade, and an auger (150) that transports material collected in the bath to a portion of the bath that extends beyond a length of the roller.
B29C 67/00 - Shaping techniques not covered by groups , or
B33Y 30/00 - ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, i.e. MANUFACTURING OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL [3D] OBJECTS BY ADDITIVE DEPOSITION, ADDITIVE AGGLOMERATION OR ADDITIVE LAYERING, e.g. BY 3D PRINTING, STEREOLITHOGRAPHY OR SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING - Details thereof or accessories therefor
An additive manufacturing (AM) system (110) includes a dispensing unit (16) that dispenses building material in a layer-wise manner to manufacture an object, a building tray (360) receiving the building material dispensed, a camera (190) capturing images of the building material dispensed, a processor (154) processing output from the camera and a controller (340) controlling operation of the dispensing unit and the camera.
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing produces considerable quantities of waste ink or resin during the course of additive manufacture. The waste ink is a hazardous substance and must be collected and disposed of accordingly. The present embodiments provide a waste ink collection device that collects the waste ink from the printing process, or from head cleaning and other incidental operations, stores the waste and cures it. The waste ink is thus rendered safe for conventional disposal. A waste ink disposal cartridge collects the waste ink and carries out curing.
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