ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170297303A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-19

    申请号:US15631611

    申请日:2017-06-23

    发明人: Robert Swartz

    摘要: An additive manufacturing method and apparatus is described for the printing of three-dimensional (3D) objects. The approach is based on a composite-based additive manufacturing process, except it uses commercial printing methods to achieve even higher speed and throughput. By using the invention, a prototyping and/or production process may be completed in hours rather than months, and the risks and problems of molds is eliminated. There is substantial improvement in the number and type of geometries that can be produced compared to injection molding, and the range of materials is enlarged as are the material properties. The method involves printing a substrate having at least one sheet using a printing technology, and stacking or folding the at least one sheet to form multiple layers consistent with that formed by a 3D model. The printing step is done using a printing technology such as flexography, lithography, offset, gravure, waterless printing, and silkscreen.

    Methods and Apparatus for Photosculpture
    4.
    发明申请
    Methods and Apparatus for Photosculpture 有权
    摄影的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20140257549A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-11

    申请号:US14199603

    申请日:2014-03-06

    IPC分类号: B29C67/00

    摘要: A 3D object (the “New Object”) is fabricated layer by layer by 3D printing. The shape and relative dimensions of the various parts of the New Object match that of another 3D object (the “Target Object”). In addition, the exterior of the New Object appears to be a photographic likeness of the Target Object. The “photographic” likeness is created by variations in visual characteristics of materials in the layers comprising the New Object, and in particular by variations at or near the surface of the New Object. Thus, the photographic likeness is an integral part of these layers comprising the New Object. An object is scanned, from which a texture map is obtained. A CAD model is sliced into slices (bit maps files) which are then colored by a program with the boundary to match the color or gray scale to color the appropriate pixels, derived from the texture map.

    摘要翻译: 3D对象(“新对象”)通过3D打印逐层加工。 新对象的各个部分的形状和相对尺寸与另一个3D对象(“目标对象”)的形状和相对尺寸相匹配。 另外,新对象的外观似乎是目标对象的摄影形象。 “摄影”的相似性是通过在包括新物体的层中的材料的视觉特征的变化产生的,特别是通过在新对象的表面处或附近的变化。 因此,摄影相似性是包含新对象的这些层的组成部分。 扫描对象,从中获取纹理贴图。 将CAD模型切片成片(位图文件),然后通过具有边界的程序对其进行着色,以匹配颜色或灰度级,以从纹理贴图中导出适当的像素。