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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2020
Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Emanuel M. Sachs, Newton, MA (US);
Paul A. Hoisington, Hanover, NH (US);
Richard Remo Fontana, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Jamison Go, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Johnson, Concord, MA (US);
George Hudelson, Billerica, MA (US);
Cassia Lockwood, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Michael Goldblatt, Lincoln, MA (US);
Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for printing a three-dimensional object. The method comprises, depositing a layer of metal powder onto a powder bed of a three-dimensional printer. A liquid is heated to generate a vapor. The liquid is removed from the vapor to dry the vapor by heating the vapor above a condensation temperature of the liquid. The dry vapor is deposited onto the powder bed of the three-dimensional printer.