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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Gabriel De La Cal, Sant Cugat del Val, ES;
Pablo Dominguez Pastor, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Pau Martin Vidal, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Anna Torrent, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Albert Mora Murciano, Sant Cugat del Valles, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A material management apparatus for an additive manufacturing system comprises a build material supply system to supply build material to a building area for building an object by additive manufacturing. The build material supply system includes a first build material supply unit to supply build material from a first side of a building area and a second build material supply unit to supply build material from a second side of the building area, the second side opposing the first side. The material management apparatus also includes a controller to control the build material supply system to vary an amount of build material to be supplied via the first build material supply unit based on a detected difference between a first amount of material available for supply via the first build material supply unit and a second amount of material available for supply via the second build material supply unit.