Continuous rotation eliminates linear back-and-forth movements, boosting production capacity for complex helical parts.
Sliding thermal barriers move laterally with the print head carriage, enabling uninterrupted printing of large parts without hinged door restrictions.
Automated spray fabrication builds large-scale structures with unsupported spans, reducing manufacturing complexity while maintaining structural integrity.
A rotating disturbing wheel agitates ceramic photosensitive resin inside the printing trough.
Segmenting metal supports with a sacrificial polymer interface reduces post-processing time and preserves surface quality during additive manufacturing.
Multiple extruders on articulated arms create stronger lattice parts faster than traditional single-nozzle methods.
Segmented vacuum nozzles coordinate with a moving scraper to extract powder from specific substrate regions without disturbing adjacent areas.
A rotary powder dispenser wiper scrapes excess material to maintain consistent layer thickness across the deposition zone.
A 3D print head apparatus extrudes a regolith-polymer mixture through a heated nozzle to construct structures.
Rotatable rings segment powder flow to resolve the trade-off between manufacturing precision and device complexity.
Additive manufacturing deposits randomly oriented fibers to form non-woven fibrous implants with open pore spaces for boney ingrowth.
Offset printing units deposit layers in parallel to overcome low speed limits in large-format construction production.
Dual filament extrusion creates catheters with tailored stiffness profiles for medical navigation.
Integrated detection means captures projected image data during pauses to enable automatic optical adjustments that maintain 3D object size accuracy.
A 3D printing head unit positions a curing energy emitter and distance measurement sensor relative to an inkjet nozzle to prevent physical contact with the workpiece.
A container system uses a guillotine base and vacuum source to cool 3D printed objects independently from the printer.
A moveable build material application element transfers between operating and non-operating orientations across a build plane.