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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Vlastimil Kunc, Concord, TN (US);
Seokpum Kim, Knoxville, TN (US);
John M. Lindahl, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jordan A. Failla, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Chad E. Duty, Loudon, TN (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and device for creating a vertical strengthening feature within a 3D printed article of manufacture for improving mechanical performance in the Z-direction. Fill material is deposited in voids vertically crossing multiple layers during the build of 3D printing. The device includes a penetrating extension that fits within the void to create a vertical strengthening feature via heat and/or extruded fill material. The size and/or movement of the heated extension can impact the void side walls to reflow the build material and blend the layers together within the void side walls.