Build platform heating accelerates binder curing while maintaining safe surface temperatures to prevent printhead damage.
Wetting build material particles with vapor inside a sealed chamber during selective fusing to stabilize the powder bed.
Automated stereolithography eliminates manual assembly labor and manufacturing variations by depositing functional resin layers around the transducer.
A jig stabilizes flexible fabric during 3D printing, resolving precision loss from substrate movement.
Solidifying a particle trapping sheet near the build plane captures debris, preventing transparent sheet damage and maintaining print quality.
Nozzle assembly encases continuous fibers with polymer to create composite material, resolving spatial fiber orientation limits in aerospace applications.
In-flight UV curing of aerosol droplets creates free-standing three-dimensional structures without sacrificial supports.