Forming a three-dimensional object
US10668662B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB33Y50/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of forming a three-dimensional object includes detecting, with a thermographic camera, a temperature of a control point within at least one zone of the build material bed, and adjusting a power level supplied to at least one of the lamps of the array of lamps if the detected temperature of the control point of the at least one zone of the build material bed is not equal to a set temperature.
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