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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lance Robert Pickens, Campbell, CA (US);
Shawn Stromenger, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Webber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brett E. Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);
Jennifer Chavez, Fremont, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of additively manufactured objects on a rotor, the plurality of additively manufactured objects having excess material thereon. The method can include removing the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects by rotating the plurality of additively manufactured objects via the rotor. The method can further include applying energy to the plurality of additively manufactured objects to cure a portion of each additively manufactured object while the plurality of additively manufactured objects are on the rotor.