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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2021
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tsz Yan Ng, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Sean Ahlquist, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Evgueni T. Filipov, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tracey Weisman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of material casting includes knitting, by a computer-controlled knitting machine, a flexible formwork, where the flexible formwork defines a partially-closed shape having a plurality of topological features, filling the flexible formwork with a casting material, and deforming the flexible formwork with the casting material. In some cases, the method includes removing the casting material from the flexible formwork when the flexible formwork has imparted the shape on the casting material.