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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Formlabs, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Inventor:
Ben FrantzDale, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
Formlabs, Inc., Somerville, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/00 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B29C 64/245 (2017.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B29C 64/255 (2017.01); B29K 83/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29C 64/245 (2017.08); B29C 64/255 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/128 (2013.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication is provided wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform, the method comprising forming a layer of material in contact with a substrate and further in contact with either a previously formed layer of material or the build platform, the substrate being an actinically transparent, flexible, composite material, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of the material, actively separating the layer of material from the substrate.