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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2007
Herman Hendrikus Maalderink, Nuenen, NL;
Jasper Joost Michels, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Ronaldus Jacobus Johannes Boot, Son en Breugel, NL;
Herman Hendrikus Maalderink, Nuenen, NL;
Jasper Joost Michels, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Ronaldus Jacobus Johannes Boot, Son en Breugel, NL;
Abstract
A system for producing a tangible object. The system has a space which can be filled with a fluid. A reference platform at least partially defines at least one side of the space. The system further has a phase-transformer which can form a layer of the object by selectively transforming the fluid into a solid in a predetermined area of the space. An actuator can separate the layer from the reference platform by moving the layer relative to the reference platform or vice versa. The system has a controller connected with an actuator control output to the actuator and/or with a transformer control output to the phase transformer. The controller can control the production of the object based on a determined value of the force exerted on the reference platform or the solid or of a parameter related to the force.