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System for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) structures

US11440263B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CUBICURE GMBH · AT

Inventors

Robert Gmeiner · Wien, AT
Thomas Förster-Romswinckel · Pixendorf, AT
Philipp Neubauer · Weißenbach, AT
Bernhard Busetti · Wien, AT
Wolfgang Steiger · Stuttgart, DE
Raphael Krobath · Rechter Graben, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2019
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 1, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB33Y70/00
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the lithography-based additive manufacturing of three-dimensional structures may comprise a building platform defining a building plane, a light engine designed for the dynamic patterning of light in an exposure field of said light engine, a material transport unit comprising a first drive mechanism for transporting a material layer across the exposure field, a second drive mechanism for causing relative movement of the light engine and the building platform along a displacement path extending parallel to the building plane, a linear encoder for sensing a position and/or a velocity of the light engine relative to the building platform, and/or one or more control units configured to adjust the feeding rate of a pattern data feeder based on the position or the velocity sensed by the linear encoder.

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