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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Nathan Woodard, Medford, MA (US);
Jonah Samuel Myerberg, Lexington, MA (US);
Emanuel M Sachs, Burlington, MA (US);
Richard Remo Fontana, Cape Elizabeth, MA (US);
Robert Edward Weiss, San Francisco, MA (US);
Yet-Ming Chiang, Burlington, MA (US);
Stephen Dipietro, Amherst, MA (US);
Nicholas Graham Bandiera, Burlington, MA (US);
Desktop Metal, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A furnace may include an outer wall defining a chamber, the chamber including an internal cavity configured to receive one or more parts, at least one heater positioned within the chamber, the at least one heater being configured to generate temperatures of at least about 800 degrees Celsius within the internal cavity, and a vacuum pump configured to apply a vacuum to at least a portion of the chamber. The furnace may also include at least one layer of inner insulation and at least one layer of outer insulation disposed outward of the inner insulation with respect to the chamber, the at least one layer of outer insulation being sealed with respect to the at least one layer of inner insulation.