BUILD MATERIAL LAYER QUALITY LEVEL DETERMINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190147585A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16098061

    申请日:2016-07-29

    Abstract: According to an example, an apparatus may include an image capture device, a controller, and a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium may include instructions that may cause the controller to receive, from the image capture device, an image of a testing agent deposited in a testing pattern onto a layer of build materials, in which the layer of build materials is to form a section of a three-dimensional printed part. The instructions may also cause the controller to determine a condition of the deposited testing pattern in the received image, wherein the determined condition is to be used to determine a quality level of the layer of build materials based upon the determined condition.

    3D printer with a UV light absorbing agent

    公开(公告)号:US11524452B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16074276

    申请日:2016-10-31

    Abstract: According to an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printer may include a delivery device to deposit a light absorbing agent onto selected areas of a layer of build material particles, in which the light absorbing agent absorbs light having wavelengths that are around the ultraviolet wavelength range. The 3D printer may also include a light source to apply light onto the selectively deposited light absorbing agent and the layer of the build material particles, in which the light absorbing agent absorbs light around the ultraviolet wavelength range from the applied light and becomes heated to a temperature that causes the build material particles upon which the light absorbing agent has been deposited to melt and to fuse together following cessation of the application of the light.

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