Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Pau Martin

Eduardo Martin

Ralph L Stathem

Alejandro Manuel De Pena

Daniel W Petersen

Fernando Juan

Anna Torrent

Alberto Arredondo

Marius Valles

Raymond Ehlers

Francesc Salas Roura

Alejandro Puente

Ricardo Sanchis

Arturo Garcia Gómez

A method of calibrating movement of a platform is described, the method comprising: in a calibration run, causing movement of the platform; detecting a plurality of positions of the platform during the movement; deriving a movement pattern from the plurality of positions; and determining an adjustment of the movement of the platform based on the movement pattern.

Calibration method and build unit

An integrated build and material supply system () for an additive manufacturing apparatus comprises a building compartment () adapted to accommodate an object () to be formed by means of additive manufacturing and a storage compartment () adapted to store a build material for forming said object. A volume of said building compartment and a volume of said storage compartment are variable in size, and said system is adapted to re-allocate at least a portion of a volume previously allocated to said storage compartment to said building compartment.

Integrated build and material supply for an additive manufacturing apparatus

In one example, a platen holder includes a surface to support a platen and a clamp to clamp the platen to the surface. The clamp includes a jaw and an actuator to open and close the jaw. The jaw and the actuator located below a plane of the surface and the jaw movable at the urging of the actuator between an open position in which the platen may be placed on or removed from the surface of the holder and a closed position to hold the platen against the surface.

Platen holder

In one embodiment, a latch for a liquid dispensing component includes: a first part for holding a liquid dispensing component in a seated position in a holder, the first part movable between an open position in which the component may be installed in or removed from the holder and a closed position in which the component is held in the seated position in the holder; and a second part for connecting the component to a liquid supply port, the second part movable, while the first part is in the closed position, between a disconnected position in which the component is not connected to the liquid supply port and a connected position in which the component is connected to the liquid supply port.

Latch for a liquid dispenser

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Pau Martin