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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2016
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Brent Jorgenson, Maplewood, MN (US);
Michael D. Bosveld, Bloomington, MN (US);
Logan R. Kiene, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jerome W. Goetzke, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Benjamin L. Braton, Otsego, MN (US);
David Mulcrone, Shakopee, MN (US);
STRATASYS, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
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.