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Device and method for the production of three-dimensional objects

US6942830B2 · kind B2 · utility

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3References

32Claims

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Assignee

Envisiontec GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Mulhaupt · Marly, CH
Rüdiger Landers · Essen, DE
Hendrik John · Buchs, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 1, 2000
Grant date	Sep 13, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

A device and a process for producing three-dimensional objects is disclosed. The device has a container (1) for a medium (2) and a three-dimensionally positionable dispenser (4) for release of a material (3), the addition of which to the medium (2) leads to the formation of solid structures, into the medium (2). Addition of the material (3) by moving the dispenser in XYZ direction on a platform (8) below the filling height of the first material (2) in the container (1) leads to the formation of three-dimensional objects.

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