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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Vadim Bromberg, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Sterle, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Carlos H. Bonilla, Lebanon, OH (US);
Kwok Pong Chan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mary Kathryn Thompson, Fairfield Township, OH (US);
Ruben E. Fairman, Forest Park, OH (US);
Jacob Mayer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a printing head () comprising jet nozzles () spaced apart from one another, where a distance from a first jet nozzle to a second jet nozzle positioned adjacent the first jet nozzle defines a jet-spacing, a printing head position control assembly includes a first actuator assembly () to move the printing head along the longitudinal axis and a second actuator assembly () to move the printing head along a latitudinal axis, and an control unit communicatively coupled to the printing head position control assembly. The control unit causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder () while the printing head traverses a first pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a first direction, indexes the printing head to a second pass trajectory along the latitudinal axis, and causes jet nozzles to dispense drops of binder while the printing head traverses the second pass trajectory along the longitudinal axis in a second direction.