General Electric Company

Jacob Mayer

Vadim Bromberg

John Thomas Sterle

Carlos H Bonilla

Victor Fulton

Timothy Francis Andrews

Kwok Pong Chan

Mary Kathryn Thompson

Younkoo Jeong

Ruben Egberto Fairman

Tyler Andrew Griffith

Peter Douglas Lueschen

Joseph Lucian Smolenski

Glen Charles Fedyk

Joshua Tyler Mook

Xi Yang

Arunkumar Natarajan

Travis Gene Sands

Stephen Michael Deak

William Christopher Alberts

William Cosmo Murphy

Grant Alan Ingram

Robert Edgar Estes

Tyler Hater

Justin Gandee

Janet Mekker

Srinivas Pendurti

Additive manufacturing apparatuses, components of additive manufacturing apparatuses, and methods of using such manufacturing apparatuses and components are disclosed. An additive manufacturing apparatus may include a recoat head for distributing build material in a build area, a print head for depositing material in the build area, one or more actuators for moving the recoat head and the print head relative to the build area, and a cleaning station for cleaning the print head.

Additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to additive manufacturing apparatuses, cleaning stations incorporated therein, and methods of cleaning using the cleaning stations.

Cleaning systems for additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for using the same

An apparatus includes a printing head () comprising jet nozzles () spaced apart from one another, where a distance from a first jet nozzle to a second jet nozzle positioned adjacent the first jet nozzle defines a jet-spacing, a printing head position control assembly includes a first actuator assembly () to move the printing head along the longitudinal axis and a second actuator assembly () to move the printing head along a latitudinal axis, and an control unit communicatively coupled to the printing head position control assembly. The control unit causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder () while the printing head traverses a first pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a first direction, indexes the printing head to a second pass trajectory along the latitudinal axis, and causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder while the printing head traverses the second pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a second direction.

Printing assemblies and methods for using the same

Cleaning fluids for use in additive manufacturing apparatuses and methods for monitoring status and performance of the same

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Jacob Mayer