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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2022
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul Joseph Leavitt, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas Joseph McDonough, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
STRATASYS, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of moving a print head between a plurality of partitioned chambers in a 3D printer includes providing the 3D printer having a thermal barrier having an area defined by a length and width, wherein a print head nozzle can be positioned through the thermal barrier along the width or the length and at least two partitioned chambers below the area of the thermal barrier, wherein a first chamber comprises a printing chamber and a second chamber comprises a chamber providing another functionality. The method includes raising the print head in a z direction from the second chamber to above the thermal barrier and moving the print head in a x-y direction from above the second chamber over the partition to a location above the first chamber. The method also includes lowering the print head in the z direction and into the first chamber such that an extrusion port of a nozzle of the print head is proximate a x-y print plane.