Adaptive 3d Technologies

Adapative 3d Technologies

Kay, Stephen

Lund, Caleb

Lund, Benjamin, R.

Voit, Walter

Parker, Eric

Zamorano, Daniel

Caleb James Lund

Benjamin R Lund

Walter E Voit

Pedro Emanuel Rocha Flores

Hongzhao Ji

Ankit Rajen Parikh

Xun Han

Hongzhao Li

Daniel Zamorano

Eric Parker

The present disclosure relates to the use of occluding fluids, such as a high-density fluid (a 'z-fluid') or a low-density fluid (an “a-fluid”), to displace resin within a vat during 3D printing. Further, an a-fluid may act as a protective boundary for a 3D printing resin wherein the a-fluid sits on top of the printing resin. Another embodiment of the disclosure provides a process of assessing which regions of a computer-aided design (CAD) model take advantage of a buoying force supplied by the occluding fluid, such that fewer support structures are needed for printing a final CAD model compared to printing the CAD model without the occluding fluid.

Using occluding fluids to augment additive manufacturing processes

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Caleb James Lund