Cornell University

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Huaishu Peng

Francois Guimbretiere

Stephen Robert Marschner

Rundong Wu

Scott E Hudson

James L McCann

Jennifer Mankoff

Systems and methods are provided for incremental 3D printing, wherein wireframes are generated and printed (scheduled for print) during the design process. In another aspect, systems and methods are provided for printing arbitrary meshes. A 3D printer system is described having, for example, five degree-of-freedom (5DOF). The 5DOF printer may be used to perform any of the methods described herein and combinations of the methods.

Methods for incremental 3D printing and 3D printing arbitrary wireframe meshes

There is provided a three-dimensional (3D) printer for creating a 3D object using a fabric including a cutting device, an inverted cutting surface, a securing mechanism to secure the fabric against the inverted cutting surface for cutting the fabric by the cutting device into a plurality of layers, a movable platform for receiving each of the plurality of layers, in sequence, from the inverted cutting surface after each layer is cut from the fabric, and a bonding tool to bond each layer of the plurality of fabric layers to a previously received layer as the fabric layers are sequentially received by the movable platform to create the 3D object.

Three-dimensional printer with an inverted cutting surface and a movable platform for creating layered objects

Growing community of inventors

Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Huaishu Peng