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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2017
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Wei Huang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gary J. Dispoto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
According to examples, a three-dimensional (3D) fabrication system may include a controller to identify a feature of an object to be fabricated and based on the identified feature having a size that is smaller than a predefined size, determine a thermal support for the identified feature. The controller may also control fabrication components to form, through application of energy, the determined thermal support from a first set of particles, form an intermediate section adjacent to the formed thermal support from a second set of particles, and form, through application of energy, the feature adjacent to the intermediate section from a third set of particles, in which heat from the thermal support is to reduce a thermal bleed rate of the third set of particles.