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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Armando Armijo, San Diego, CA (US);
Riley Reese, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.01); B29C 64/20 (2017.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29B 13/02 (2006.01); B29B 13/08 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29C 35/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B29B 13/02 (2013.01); B29B 13/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29C 64/20 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29C 35/0261 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0283 (2013.01); B29C 2035/046 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0822 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0838 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0855 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0872 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0877 (2013.01);
Abstract
A polymeric material used for 3D printing is preheated, at a first zone in a 3D printer, to a temperature in excess of its glass transition temperature prior to being melted, at a second zone, for incorporation into a build object. This enables the polymer to be processed more rapidly than in the prior art.