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Title:
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING SURFACES OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/059749
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Systems and methods for processing additively manufactured objects are described herein. In some embodiments, for example, a system includes a controller configured to provide one or more control signals; a heater coupled to the controller, where the heater comprises one or more heating elements arranged to heat a blasting medium in response to the one or more control signals; a chamber coupled to the controller, where the chamber comprises an agitatable drum shaped to receive a plurality of additively manufactured objects, and to agitate the plurality of additively manufactured objects in response to the one or more control signals; and an applicator coupled to the controller, where the applicator comprises a nozzle operative to direct, in response to the one or more control signals, a plurality of thermally conductive particles in the blasting medium toward the plurality of additively manufactured objects within the agitatable drum.

Inventors:
SINGH PARAMJOT (US)
PICKENS LANCE ROBERT (US)
LI CHUNHUA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/074250
Publication Date:
April 25, 2024
Filing Date:
September 14, 2023
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC (US)
International Classes:
B24C1/08; A61C7/10; B24C3/28; B24C9/00; B24C11/00; B29C64/30; B29C71/02; B33Y40/20; B29C59/08; B29C59/10; B29C59/14
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CHENG, Connie (US)
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