Stratasys, Inc.

David Mulcrone

Michael D Bosveld

Jerome W Goetzke

Benjamin L Braton

Logan R Kiene

Brent Jorgenson

A probe for an additive manufacturing system includes a probe body having a first air port therethrough between an inlet and an outlet, and a location sensing probe extending from the probe body. The location sensing probe includes a probe end and a probe bar, the probe bar coupled between the probe body and the probe end, and a channel surrounding the probe bar, the channel having an inner tube having an inlet proximate the probe body and an outlet proximate the probe end. A method of determining a position of an item being printed in an additive manufacturing system, includes probing the position with a location sensing probe having a resolution finer than a print resolution of the print head.

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Shakopee, MN, United States of America

David Mulcrone