Title:
IMPROVED INTERLAYER ADHESION IN PART PRINTED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017206011
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide printers that produce three-dimensional objects, and more specifically, a device and method for improving interlayer adhesion in parts printed by the printers.SOLUTION: A three-dimensional object printing system 100 includes a platform 104 on which a three-dimensional object is built, and a material applicator 112 which expels material to form layers of the object on the platform 104. The material applicator 112 also includes a heater 120 configured to heat a layer 144 of the object ahead of the material applicator 112 when the material applicator moves in a first direction and a second direction, both directions being parallel to the platform 104.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A
Inventors:
NYSTROM PETER J
BARRY P MANDEL
DAVID A MANTELL
PAUL J MCCONVILLE
BARRY P MANDEL
DAVID A MANTELL
PAUL J MCCONVILLE
Application Number:
JP2017090132A
Publication Date:
November 24, 2017
Filing Date:
April 28, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
XEROX CORP
International Classes:
B29C64/295; B29C64/118; B29C64/205; B29C64/236; B29C64/241; B33Y10/00; B33Y30/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JPH05345359A | 1993-12-27 | |||
| JP2017528340A | 2017-09-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Corporation yki International Patent Office