Electrophotography-based additive manufacturing with solvent-assisted planarization
US10144175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1695
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system and process for printing a three-dimensional part, which includes one or more electrophotography engines configured to develop layers of the three-dimensional part, a printing assembly configured to print the three-dimensional part from the developed layers, and a planarizer configured to conduct solvent-assisted planarizations on intermediate build surfaces of the three-dimensional part after one or more of the developed layers are printed.
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