Method and apparatus for automated fabrication
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for automated fabrication 有权
    用于自动化制造的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08934994B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-13

    申请号:US12511073

    申请日:2009-07-29

    申请人: Rusty S. Lee

    发明人: Rusty S. Lee

    IPC分类号: G05B13/02 G05B15/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus are presented for automatically fabricating arbitrary materials and objects from raw components, using a combination of simple chemical, electrical, and mechanical operations. The invention will automatically generate machine control instructions for controlling automated fabrication devices and equipment from simple instructions in natural language. The invention also allows the sharing, remote execution, scheduling, and automatic ingredient ordering for such instructions to allow the creation of new materials and professional object fabrication with little or no human intervention.

    摘要翻译: 提出了一种方法和装置,用于使用简单的化学,电气和机械操作的组合自动地从原始组件制造任意材料和物体。 本发明将通过自然语言的简单指令自动生成用于控制自动化制造装置和设备的机器控制指令。 本发明还允许这种指令的共享,远程执行,调度和自动成分排序,以允许创建新材料和专业对象制造,而很少或根本没有人为干预。

    Support volume calculation for a CAD model
    8.
    发明申请
    Support volume calculation for a CAD model 有权
    支持CAD模型的体积计算

    公开(公告)号:US20040006405A1

    公开(公告)日:2004-01-08

    申请号:US10461957

    申请日:2003-06-13

    申请人: 3D Systems, Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06F019/00

    摘要: In solid freeform fabrication processes that make use of a removable support material, pre-calculation of the amount of support material needed for a build is difficult (inaccurate or slow) because the digital data for generating the support material is often not generated until the build is in progress. A method is proposed that has been shown to generate rapid and accurate estimates of the amount of both build and support material needed before a build begins, to accurately predict before a build begins when replenishment materials are needed, and to track material consumptions over time.

    摘要翻译: 在使用可移除支撑材料的固体自由形状制造工艺中,由于用于生成支撑材料的数字数据通常在生成之前不会产生,所以构建所需的支撑材料的量的预计算是困难的(不精确或缓慢的) 正在进行中 已经提出了一种方法,已经被证明可以在构建开始之前产生所需的构建和支撑材料的量的快速和准确的估计,以便在需要补充材料之前开始构建之前准确地预测并随着时间跟踪材料消耗。

    Method and apparatus for the computer-controlled manufacture of three-dimensional objects from computer data
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for the computer-controlled manufacture of three-dimensional objects from computer data 失效
    用于从计算机数据计算机控制制造三维物体的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06169605A

    公开(公告)日:2001-01-02

    申请号:US08301508

    申请日:1994-09-07

    IPC分类号: G06F1500

    摘要: A method and process for computer-controlled manufacture of three-dimensional objects involves dispensing a layer of a first material, such as a liquid, insoluble material onto a platform at predetermined locations corresponding to a cross-section of the object, which then hardens. A second medium, preferably water soluble, is then sprayed onto this layer to thereby encapsulate the hardened insoluble media. The uppermost surface of this encapsulant is planarized, if necessary, for example by way of a mill cutter, knife, roller or thermal bar, thus removing a portion of the encapsulant to expose the underlying insoluble material for new pattern deposition. The dispensing of the first and second materials, and the planarization, may be performed in a single pass by an integrated printhead. After the resulting planing residue is removed, another layer of liquid, insoluble medium is dispensed onto the planed surface. These steps are repeated, until the desired three-dimensional object, surrounded by a mold, is completed. At this point, the object is either heated or immersed in a solvent, thereby dissolving the mold and leaving the three-dimensional object intact; alternatively, the second material may remain in place to form a composite structure such as a printed circuit board. A method is also disclosed which converts a CAD data base representing a solid object into one representing a filled shell, reducing the amount of object material required.

    摘要翻译: 用于计算机控制制造三维物体的方法和方法包括在对应于物体的横截面的预定位置处将诸如液体不溶性材料的第一材料层分配到平台上,然后硬化。 然后将第二种介质(优选水溶性的)喷涂到该层上,从而包封硬化的不溶性介质。 如果需要,该密封剂的最上表面被平坦化,例如通过铣刀,刀,辊或热棒,从而去除一部分密封剂以暴露下面的不溶性材料以进行新的图案沉积。 第一和第二材料的分配和平坦化可以通过一体式打印头在一次通过中进行。 在除去所得到的刨削残渣之后,将另一层液体不溶介质分配到平面上。 重复这些步骤,直到由模具包围的期望的三维物体完成。 此时,物体被加热或浸没在溶剂中,从而溶解模具并使三维物体保持完整; 或者,第二材料可以保持在适当位置以形成诸如印刷电路板的复合结构。 还公开了一种方法,其将表示固体物体的CAD数据库转换为表示填充的壳体的CAD数据库,减少了所需的对象材料的量。