Additive manufacturing system with extended printing volume, and methods of use thereof

US9636868B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stratasys Ltd. · US

Inventors

• S. Scott Crump · Wayzata, US
• Dominic F. Mannella · Minnetonka, US
• William J. Swanson · Windom, US
• Kevin C. Johnson · Minneapolis, US
• Ronald G. Schloesser · New Brighton, US
• Joseph E. LaBossiere · Lino Lakes, US
• Richard Anderson · Menomonee Falls, US
• Michael D. Bosveld · Bloomington, US
• Paul J. Leavitt · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2013
• Grant date: May 2, 2017
• Expiry date: May 18, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B33Y80/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional parts, the system comprising a heatable region, a receiving surface, a print head configured to print a three-dimensional part onto the receiving surface in a layer-by-layer manner along a printing axis, and a drive mechanism configured to index the receiving surface along the printing axis such that the receiving surface and at least a portion of the three-dimensional part out of the heated region.