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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2023
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
North Carolina A&t State University, Greensboro, NC (US);
Amelia M. Elliott, Knoxville, TN (US);
Sun Yi, Greensboro, NC (US);
Sameer Hamoush, Greensboro, NC (US);
M A Muktadir, Greensboro, NC (US);
Sarita Sepulveda, Waynesville, NC (US);
UT-BATTELLE, LLC, Oakridge, TN (US);
NORTH CAROLINA A&TSTATE UNIVERSITY, Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for additive manufacturing of objects are disclosed. The system includes an object builder subsystem configured to additively manufacture an object in a powder bed, an object extraction subsystem configured to extract the object from the powder bed, and a depowdering subsystem configured to remove powder from the object while the object is gripped by the gripper assembly. The object extraction subsystem includes a gripper assembly comprising two or more gripper members that each include a perforated mesh structure.