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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hans Kroes, Olst, NL;
Hendrik Jan Kettelarij, Eindhoven, NL;
Peter Tjin Sjoe Kong Tsang, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A printer unit () for a 3D-printing apparatus. The printer unit comprises a printer head () comprising a nozzle () arranged to deposit printing material from the printer unit, a pressure sensor () configured to sense a pressure exerted on the printer head from the printing material, and a control unit () coupled to the pressure sensor. The control unit is configured to control the speed of the printer head based on a transfer function from the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor to a desired speed of the printer head, in order to maintain a constant deposition of the amount of printing material per length unit of deposited printing material.