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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Stratasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
William J. Swanson, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dominic F. Mannella, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Ronald G. Schloesser, New Brighton, MN (US);
Statasys, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional printing farm comprising: a plurality of additive manufacturing systems each configured to print three- dimensional parts from part materials and associated support structures from support materials; a plurality of vessels configured to receive the printed three-dimensional parts and the associated support structures from the plurality of additive manufacturing systems; a support removal tank configured to retain an aqueous support removal fluid; one or more agitation mechanisms configured to agitate the aqueous support removal fluid in the support removal tank; a rinsing tank configured to retain an aqueous rinsing fluid; one or more robotic mechanisms; and a controller configured to direct the one or more robotic mechanisms.