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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2017
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Erik Gjovik, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
William J. MacNeish, III, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for providing a nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed by providing, on the inside or outside or on an interstitial substrate layer, of any metallic or non-metallic nozzle of a non-conductive surface suitable to support sensors relevant to the FFF process. Heat, force, flow, strain, stress, extrusion force, and like sensors may be provided on the inside or the outside of any nozzle, or on an interstitial substrate layer on the inside or outside of any nozzle. The sensors may be provided about the center access through the nozzle, longitudinally along the center access of the nozzle, or at any of various points along the nozzle, wherein the placement or shape of such sensors may vary in accordance with the type of sensing to be performed by the subject sensor.