Automated additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional parts, printing farm thereof, and method of use thereof
US8961167B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C64/30
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An additive manufacturing system comprising a platen assembly configured to restrain and release a film, a head gantry configured to retain a print head for printing a three-dimensional part on the restrained film, and a removal assembly configured to draw the film having the printed three-dimensional part from the platen assembly and to cut the drawn film.
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