Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Jordi Blanch Costa

Daniel Gonzalez Perello

Fernando Juan Jover

Sergi Culubret Cortada

Donald J Higgins

Cristian Ferris Roig

Tania Torm Obradors

Steven J White

A build unit for a three-dimensional printer, comprising a housing comprising sidewalls and a build platform movable within the housing. The housing and the build platform form a build chamber. The build unit further comprises a lateral heater mounted on the housing. The lateral heater is operable to apply a uniform housing temperature across all the section of the build unit by delivering variable power density along the housing.

Build units for three-dimensional printers

An additive manufacturing machine () comprising a build material spreading system (). The spreading system () has a moveable spreader () with an exterior surface () to spread build material. The spreading system () also has a heater () located separate from the spreader (). The heater () has a heat dissipater () extending around the spreader () to retain, between the dissipater () and the spreader (), air () heated by the dissipater ().

Additive manufacturing spreader with a heater

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Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain

Jordi Blanch Costa