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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2019
Sulzer Management Ag, Winterthur, CH;
Stephen Shields, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Daniele Tammaro, Zürich, CH;
Ulla Trommsdorff, Zürich, CH;
Claudio Walker, Winterthur, CH;
Sulzer Management AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
A three-dimensional printing system for preparing a three-dimensional object made at least partially of an expanded polymer includes an autoclave, a printing device and a three-dimensional movement device. The printing device prepares an expandable polymer melt and deposits a strand of the expandable, expanding or expanded polymer onto a surface. The three-dimensional movement device adjusts the position of the printing device in a predefined three-dimensional matrix so as to enable depositing of the strand of expandable, expanding or expanded polymer at a predetermined time at a precise position within the three-dimensional matrix. The printing device includes a feed section, a cooling section, a backflow prevention section, a heating section and a terminal printing head section including a die for depositing the expandable, expanding or expanded polymer strand onto the surface.